Birobidzhan

Birobidzhan
Биробиджан
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • Yiddishביראָבידזשאן
Birobidzhan railway station
Birobidzhan railway station
Flag of Birobidzhan
Flag
Coat of arms of Birobidzhan
Coat of arms
Location of
Map
Birobidzhan is located in Russia
Birobidzhan
Location of
Birobidzhan is located in Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan (Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°48′N 132°56′E / 48.800°N 132.933°E / 48.800; 132.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectJewish Autonomous Oblast[1]
Founded1931[2]
Town status since1937[2]
Government
 • BodyTown Duma[3]
 • Mayor[3]Aleksandr Golovaty [ru][4]
Area
[5]
 • Total169.38 km2 (65.40 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[6]
 • Total75,413
 • Estimate 
(2018)[7]
73,623 (−2.4%)
 • Rank215th in 2010
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Birobidzhan[1]
 • Capital ofJewish Autonomous Oblast,[1] Birobidzhansky District[1]
 • Urban okrugBirobidzhan Urban Okrug[8]
 • Capital ofBirobidzhan Urban Okrug,[8] Birobidzhansky Municipal District[9]
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 Edit this on Wikidata[10])
Postal code(s)[11]
679000, 679002, 679005, 679006, 679011, 679013–679017, 679700, 679801, 679950
Dialing code(s)+7 42622
OKTMO ID99701000001
Town DayLast Saturday of May[12]
Websitewww.biradm.ru

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, and its official language is Yiddish.[6] 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,[14] flows through the town. Both rivers are tributaries of the Amur.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1926831—    
193929,648+3467.7%
195940,667+37.2%
197055,724+37.0%
197968,630+23.2%
198983,667+21.9%
200277,250−7.7%
201075,413−2.4%
202168,536−9.1%
Source: Census data
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  3. ^ a b Charter of Birobidzhan, Article 16
  4. ^ Official website of Birobidzhan Archived October 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  5. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Economic and Social Measures of the Urban Okrugs and Urban Settlements in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast—the Town of Birobidzhan (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
  6. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  7. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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  9. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 99 605». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 99 605. ).
  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  12. ^ Charter of Birobidzhan, Article 1
  13. ^ Jewish Autonomous Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Permanent Population Estimate as of January 1, 2014 and the 2013 Average Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  14. ^ "Birobidzhan". Britannica Academic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.