Birobidzhansky District
| Birobidzhansky District Биробиджанский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Birobidzhansky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 48°47′N 132°56′E / 48.783°N 132.933°ECoordinates: 48°47′N 132°56′E / 48.783°N 132.933°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of July 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Birobidzhan |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 20 |
| Municipal structure (as of May 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Birobidzhansky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,442.56 km2 (1,715.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 11,907 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 2.68/km2 (6.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+10:00) |
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Birobidzhansky District (Russian: Биробиджа́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the five in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the autonomous oblast. The area of the district is 4,442.56 square kilometers (1,715.28 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 11,907 (2010 Census);13,018 (2002 Census);15,437 (1989 Census).
Birobidzhansky District is located in the central of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The main river in the district is the Bira River, which runs north-to-south through the district. About 20 km of the Amur River runs along the southern border of Birobidzhansky. The district is about 125 km west of the city of Khabarovsk, and the area measures 90 km (north-south) by 70 km (west-east). The administrative center, Birobidzhan, straddles the Bira River in the north but is not administratively part of the district. Bira River valley of the district is surrounded by foothills of the Lesser Khingan mountains. the area has deposits of brown coal and peat.
The district is bordered on the north and west by Obluchensky District, on the east by Smidovichsky District, on the south by Leninsky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast and a short border with China.
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