Jewish Autonomous Region
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Jewish Autonomous Oblast Еврейская автономная область (Russian) |
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Far Eastern | ||
| Economic region | Far Eastern | ||
| Established | May 7, 1934 | ||
| Administrative center | Birobidzhan | ||
| Government (as of July 2014) | |||
| • Governor | Alexander Levintal | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
| • Total | 36,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 61st | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 176,558 | ||
| • Rank | 80th | ||
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 67.6% | ||
| • Rural | 32.4% | ||
| Population (2016 est.) | |||
| • Total | 170,000 | ||
| Time zone(s) | VLAT (UTC+10:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-YEV | ||
| License plates | 79 | ||
| Official languages | Russian | ||
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The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; Yiddish: ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, yidishe avtonome gegnt) is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous oblast) in the Russian Far East, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan. As of the 2010 Census, JAO's population was 176,558 people, or 0.1% of the total population of Russia. Judaism is practiced by only 0.2% of the population of the JAO. Per Article 65 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the JAO is Russia's only autonomous oblast. Aside from Israel, it is the world's only official Jewish territory.
The territory has a monsoonal/anti-cyclonic climate, with warm, wet, humid summers due to the influence of the East Asian monsoon; and cold, dry, windy conditions prevailing in the winter months courtesy of the Siberian high-pressure system.
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