# List of Nivkh settlements

List of notable Nivkh (Gilyak) settlements in Sakhalin Island and the Lower Amur River. Prior to 1905 settlements are listed from north to south in their geographical categories with most settlement names in the Nivkh language or in the only know given Russian name.

## Nivkh population in 2002

According to the Russian Census of 2002 most Nivkhs have lived in following districts: Ulchsky, Nikolayevsky of Khabarovsk Krai and Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Nogliksky, Okhinsky of Sakhalin Oblast. Some Nivkhs live outside of their native area in big citites of Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Poronaysk.
Khabarovsk Krai :
| Russian name | English name | Number of Nivkhs | Total population | Percentage of Nivkhs |
| г. Николаевск-на-Амуре | Nikolaevsk-on-Amur | 407 | 28,492 | 1.4% |
| г. Хабаровск | Khabarovsk | 131 | 583,072 | 0.02% |
| село Иннокентьевка | Innokentyevka | 129 | 664 | 19.4% |
| село Тахта | Takhta | 118 | 937 | 12.6% |
| пгт. Лазарев | Lazarev | 117 | 1,954 | 6.0% |
| посёлок Тыр | Tyr | 89 | 729 | 12.2% |
| село Кальма | Kalma | 85 | 139 | 61.2% |
| посёлок Нижнее Пронге | Nizhneye Pronge | 82 | 461 | 17.8% |
| посёлок Пуир | Puir | 77 | 269 | 28.6% |
| село Богородское | Bogorodskoye | 77 | 4,119 | 1.9% |
| пгт. Многовершинный | Mnogovershinny | 73 | 2,798 | 2.6% |
| село Сусанино | Susanino | 62 | 882 | 7.0% |
| село Красное | Krasnoye | 60 | 1,251 | 4.8% |
| пгт. Маго | Mago | 56 | 2,244 | 2.5% |
| село Оремиф | Oremif | 54 | 325 | 16.6% |
| село Алеевка | Aleyevka | 49 | 65 | 75.4% |
| село Ухта | Ukhta | 45 | 175 | 25.7% |
| село Нижняя Гавань | Nizрnyaya Gavan | 40 | 377 | 10.6% |
| село Воскресенское | Voskresenskoye | 36 | 114 | 31.6% |
| село Константиновка | Konstantinovka | 35 | 908 | 3.9% |
| село Тнейвах | Tneyvakh | 33 | 55 | 60.0% |
| село Булава | Bulava | 30 | 2,226 | 1.3% |
| село Белоглинка | Beloglinka | 30 | 89 | 33.7% |
| село Макаровка | Makarovka | 22 | 26 | 84.6% |
| посёлок Чныррах | Chnyrrakh | 21 | 455 | 4.6% |
| село Чля | Chlya | 20 | 933 | 2.1% |
| село Солонцы | Solontsy | 18 | 570 | 3.2% |
| село Власьево | Vlasyevo | 11 | 39 | 28.2% |
| посёлок Октябрьский | Oktyabrsky | 11 | 170 | 6.5% |
| село Сахаровка | Sakharovka | 10 | 85 | 11.8% |
Sakhalin Oblast :
| Russian name | English name | Number of Nivkhs | Total population | Percentage of Nivkhs |
| пгт. Ноглики | Nogliki | 647 | 10,604 | 6.1% |
| село Некрасовка | Nekrasovka | 572 | 1,126 | 50.8% |
| г. Оха | Okha | 299 | 27,795 | 1.1% |
| село Чир-Унвд | Chir-Unvd | 200 | 291 | 68.7% |
| г. Поронайск | Poronaysk | 116 | 17,844 | 0.7% |
| г. Южно-Сахалинск | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 98 | 170,356 | 0.1% |
| село Рыбное | Rybnoye | 56 | 84 | 66.7% |
| посёлок Трамбаус | Trambaus | 45 | 105 | 42.9% |
| село Москальво | Moskalvo | 44 | 807 | 5.5% |
| г. Александровск-Сахалинский | Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky | 29 | 12,693 | 0.2% |
| село Виахту | Viakhtu | 26 | 286 | 9.1% |
| посёлок Луполово | Lupolovo | 21 | 28 | 75.0% |
| село Вал | Val | 19 | 1211 | 1.6% |
| село Венское | Venskoye | 14 | 15 | 93.3% |
| пгт. Катангли | Katangli | 17 | 896 | 1.9% |
| посёлок Рыбобаза-2 | Rybobaza-2 | 11 | 34 | 32.4% |

## Nivkh settlements before 1905
### Amur Estuary

* Nikolaevsk
* Lazatev

### West Sakhalin Coast

* Tamlavo
* Ngyl'vo
* Valuevo
* Langry
* Chingai
* Pyrki
* Pogibi
* Uandi
* Ytyk'
* Viakhtu
* Khoe
* Tangi
* Arkovo
* Port Aleksandrovsk

### Sakhalin Bay

* Rybnoe
* Visk'vo
* Pomyt'
* Nil'vo
* Matnyr'
* Ngyd'
* Koibgervo

### East Sakhalin Coast

* Khankes'
* Urkdt'
* Pil'tun (island)
* Kakervo
* Kharkor'vo
* Chaivo
* Lad'vo
* Tyrmyts'
* Vachi
* Mil'kovo
* Tagry
* Lub'vo
* Lung'yo
* Nappi
* Ngamb'vo

### Tym River

* Yukyr'
* Chkharvo
* Slavo
* Uskovo
* Tymovo
* Rykovskoe

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Russian Censuses Database". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
* ↑ Political exile Lev Sternberg began his ethnographic expeditions in Viakhtu on the Nivkhs and Oroks where he soon crossed Sakhalin to the Tym' River to the black gilyak clans (Shternberg and Grant, p. xxxii, 6).