Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan
Биробиджан | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yiddish | ביראָבידזשאַן |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Birobidzhan | |
Birobidzhan Location of Birobidzhan Birobidzhan Birobidzhan (Jewish Autonomous Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′N 132°56′E / 48.800°N 132.933°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Town status since | 1937 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Town Duma |
| • Mayor | Aleksandr Golovaty |
| Area | |
• Total | 169.38 km2 (65.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 75,413 |
• Estimate (2025) | 74,791 (−0.8%) |
| • Rank | 215th in 2010 |
| • Density | 445.23/km2 (1,153.1/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Birobidzhan |
| • Capital of | Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Birobidzhansky District |
| • Urban okrug | Birobidzhan Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Birobidzhan Urban Okrug, Birobidzhansky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 ) |
| Postal codes | 679000, 679002, 679005, 679006, 679011, 679013–679017, 679700, 679801, 679950 |
| Dialing code | +7 42622 |
| OKTMO ID | 99701000001 |
| Town Day | Last Saturday of May |
| Website | www |
Birobidzhan (Russian: Биробиджан, IPA: [bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan]; Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַן, IPA: [ˌbɪrɔbɪˈdʒan]), also spelt Birobijan (/ˌbɪrəbɪˈdʒɑːn/ BIRR-ə-bih-JAHN), is a town and the administrative centre of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border.
As of the 2010 Census, its population is 75,413. Birobidzhan is named after the two largest rivers in the autonomous oblast: the Bira and the Bidzhan. The Bira, which lies to the east of the Bidzhan Valley, flows through the town. Both rivers are tributaries of the Amur.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 831 | — |
| 1939 | 29,648 | +3467.7% |
| 1959 | 40,667 | +37.2% |
| 1970 | 55,724 | +37.0% |
| 1979 | 68,630 | +23.2% |
| 1989 | 83,667 | +21.9% |
| 2002 | 77,250 | −7.7% |
| 2010 | 75,413 | −2.4% |
| 2021 | 68,536 | −9.1% |
| Source: Census data | ||