Neftegorsk (Russian: Нефтего́рск) is a town and the administrative center of Neftegorsky District in Samara Oblast, Russia, located 103 kilometers (64 mi) southeast of Samara, the administrative center of the oblast.
[8] It was founded in 1960 as an oil-extracting settlement.
[citation needed] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1966; town status was granted in 1989.
[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Neftegorsk serves as the administrative center of Neftegorsky District,[1] to which it is directly subordinated.
[citation needed] As a municipal division, the town of Neftegorsk is incorporated within Neftegorsky Municipal District as Neftegorsk Urban Settlement.