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Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a region in the , which borders to the west, to the north, and to the south. Along with , the Jewish Autonomous Oblast is one of two Jewish regions in the world.
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is the capital of 's Jewish Autonomous Oblast. It borders to the east, to the west and to the south. Bira and Bidzhan are two parallel rivers, the former flows by the city's banks.

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is a town and the administrative center of in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, , located on the Khingan River, 159 kilometers west of , the administrative center of the autonomous oblast.

Kul’dur Nature Park is in the northwest part of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast on the southern slope of the Lesser Khingan range, with mountains and hills ranging in elevation from 280 to 1001 m.

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Latitude of center
48.5602° or 48° 33′ 37″ north
Longitude of center
132.2776° or 132° 16′ 39″ east
Population
162,000
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 508056667
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2026639
Wiki­data ID
Q7730
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Jewish Autonomous Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Joodse Outonome Oblast”
  • Arabic: “أوبلاست المنطقة اليهودية الذاتية”
  • Arabic: “أوبلاستات ذات حكم ذاتي روسية”
  • Arabic: “أوبلاستات ذات حكم ذاتي روسيه”
  • Arabic: “اقليم يهودي ذو استقلال ذاتي”
  • Arabic: “الأوبلاست اليهودية الذاتية”
  • Arabic: “الأوبلاست اليهوديه الذاتيه”
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة اليهودية الذاتية”
  • Arabic: “منطقة يهودية ذات استقلال ذاتي”
  • Armenian: “Հրեական ինքնավար մարզ”
  • Arpitan: “Oblast Ôtonomo Juif”
  • Asturian: “Óblast Autónomu Hebréu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yəhudi Muxtar Vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Йәһүд автономиялы өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Juduen Probintzia Autonomoa”
  • Belarusian: “Габрэйская аўтаномная вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Яўрэйская аўтаномная вобласць”
  • Bengali: “ইহুদি স্বশাসিত ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Jevrejska autonomna oblast”
  • Breton: “Oblast Emren Yuzev”
  • Bulgarian: “Еврейска автономна област”
  • Catalan: “Província Autònoma dels Hebreus”
  • Cebuano: “Oblast Awtonomong Ebreyanhon”
  • Cebuano: “Oblast Awtonomong Ebreyo”
  • Cebuano: “Oblast Awtonomong Hudiyo”
  • Chechen: “Жугтийн автономни область”
  • Chechen: “Жуьгтийн автономин область”
  • Chinese: “Iû-thài Chū-tī-chiu”
  • Chinese: “犹太自治州”
  • Chinese: “猶太自治州”
  • Chuvash: “Еврей автономи облаçĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Еврей автономиллĕ облаçĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Yeudiy muhtar vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Židovska autonomna oblast”
  • Czech: “Židovská autonomní oblast”
  • Danish: “Jødiske autonome oblast”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Jewish”
  • Dutch: “Joodse Autonome Oblast”
  • Eastern Mari: “Еврей автоном вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاوبلاست اليهوديه الذاتيه”
  • Erzya: “Евреень аулькедьало ёнкс”
  • Erzya: “Евреень аулькедьалонь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Hebrea aŭtonomio”
  • Esperanto: “Hebrea Aŭtonomio”
  • Estonian: “Juudi autonoomne oblast”
  • Finnish: “Juutalaisten autonominen alue”
  • French: “Birobidjan”
  • French: “OA juif”
  • French: “OAJ”
  • French: “oblast autonome juif”
  • French: “Oblast autonome juif”
  • French: “région de Birobidjan”
  • Galician: “Oblast Autónomo Hebreo”
  • Galician: “Óblast Autónomo Hebreo”
  • Georgian: “ებრაელთა ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • German: “Jüdische Autonome Oblast”
  • German: “Jüdisches Autonomes Gebiet”
  • German: “RU-YEV”
  • German: “Yidisher Oytonome Gegnt”
  • Greek: “Εβραϊκή Αυτόνομη Περιφέρεια”
  • Greek: “Εβραϊκό Αυτόνομο Όμπλαστ”
  • Gujarati: “જેવીશ ઔટોનોમસ ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yù-thai Chhṳ-chhṳ-chû”
  • Hebrew: “המחוז היהודי האוטונומי”
  • Hiligaynon: “Oblast Awtonomo Ebreanhon”
  • Hiligaynon: “Oblast Awtonomo Ebreo”
  • Hiligaynon: “Oblast Awtonomo Hudiyo”
  • Hindi: “ज्यूइश ऑटोनौमस ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Zsidó autonóm terület”
  • Icelandic: “Hebreska sjálfstjórnarfylkið”
  • Ido: “Judala autonoma provinco”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Otonom Yahudi”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Otonomi Yahudi”
  • Irish: “Cúige Féinrialaitheach na nGiúdach”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ autonoma ebraica”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ autonoma ebraica”
  • Japanese: “ユダヤ自治州”
  • Kalmyk: “Хар Уугрин автоном төгәлң”
  • Kannada: “ಯಹೂದಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Еврей Автономиялы Облысы”
  • Kazakh: “Яһуди автономиялы облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Еврей автономия облусу”
  • Komi: “Еврей асвеськӧдлан обласьт”
  • Korean: “JAO”
  • Korean: “유대인 자치주”
  • Korean: “유대인”
  • Ladin: “Oblast Autonom Judier”
  • Ladino: “Provensiya Otonoma Ebrea”
  • Latin: “Regio autonoma Iudaica”
  • Latvian: “Ebreju autonomais apgabals”
  • Limburgan: “Joedse Autonome Oblas”
  • Lithuanian: “Žydų autonominė sritis”
  • Low German: “Jöödsch Autonom Oblast”
  • Macedonian: “Еврејска автономна област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah autonomi Yahudi”
  • Malayalam: “ജൂത സ്വയംഭരണ ഒബ്ലാസ്റ്റ്”
  • Marathi: “ज्यूईश स्वायत्त ओब्लास्त”
  • Mazanderani: “جهود شه‌گردون اوبلاست”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Iù-tái Cê̤ṳ-dê-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Iû-thài Chū-tī-chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ურიეფიშ ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Евреень автономонь аймак”
  • Mongolian: “Еврейн өөртөө засах муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jüüds Autonoom Prowins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den jødiske autonome oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jødiske Autonome Oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den jødiske autonome oblasten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jødiske Autonome Oblast”
  • Norwegian: “Den jødiske autonome oblast”
  • Ossetian: “Дзутты автономон облæст”
  • Pampanga: “Oblast Autonomung Ebreyu”
  • Pampanga: “Oblast Autonomung Hudíu”
  • Persian: “استان خودگردان یهودی”
  • Persian: “اوبلاست خودمختار یهودی”
  • Polish: “Żydowski Obwód Autonomiczny”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast Autônomo Judaico”
  • Pushto: “يهودي خپلواک ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă Evreiască”
  • Russia Buriat: “Еврейн автономито можо”
  • Russian: “ЕАО”
  • Russian: “Еврейская автономная область”
  • Russian: “Еврейская Автономная Область”
  • Russian: “Еврейская АО”
  • Scots: “Jewish Autonomous Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Јеврејска аутономна област”
  • Serbian: “Јеврејска Аутономна Област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Židovska autonomna oblast”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙවිෂ් ස්වාධින ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Židovská autonómna oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “JAO”
  • Slovenian: “Judovska avtonomna oblast”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یهودی اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Oblast Autonomo Hebreo”
  • Spanish: “Óblast autónomo Hebreo”
  • Spanish: “Óblast Autónomo Hebreo”
  • Swahili: “Oblast huru ya Kiyahudi”
  • Swedish: “Judiska autonoma länet”
  • Tagalog: “Jewish Autonomous Oblast”
  • Tagalog: “Oblast Awtonomong Ebreo”
  • Tagalog: “Oblast Awtonomong Hudiyo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти мухтори Яҳудиён”
  • Talysh: “Jahudi muxtarə vilojət”
  • Tamil: “யூதர்களின் தன்னாட்சி மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “ஜெவிஸ் ஆடோனோமோஸ் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Яһүд автономияле өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Яһүд айрат өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “జ్యూవిష్ అటానమస్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองยิว”
  • Turkish: “Yahudi Özerk Oblastı”
  • Ukrainian: “Єврейська автономна область”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Židowska awtonomna oblasć”
  • Urdu: “خود مختار یہودی اوبلاست”
  • Urdu: “یہودی خود مختار اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Yahudiylar muxtor viloyati”
  • Veps: “Evrejan avtonomine agj”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh tự trị Do Thái”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Jewish Autonomous”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hudiyonon nga Autonomo Oblast”
  • Welsh: “Oblast Ymreolaethol Iddewig”
  • Western Frisian: “Joadske Autonome Oblast”
  • Western Panjabi: “یہودی صوبہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “犹太自治州”
  • Yakut: “Дьэбириэй автономиялаах уобалаһа”
  • Yiddish: “די יידישער אויטאָנאָמע געגנט”
  • Yiddish: “ייִדישע אווטאָנאָמע געגנט”
  • Yiddish: “יידישע אויטאנאמע געגנט”
  • Yue Chinese: “猶太自治州”

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