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. 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 References Black, Lydia (1973) Nivkh (Gilyak) of Sakhalin and the Lower Amur. Arctic Anthropology. Volume 10 No.1 p. 94 Shternberg, Lev Iakovlevich and Bruce Grant. (1999) The Social Organization of the Gilyak. New York: American Museum of Natural History. Seattle: University of Washington Press External links The Nivkhs from The Red Book Nivkh Lists of place names Sakhalin Khabarovsk Krai Rural localities in Khabarovsk Krai Geography of Sakhalin Oblast