Jewish Autonomous Oblast
federal subject of Russia
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; Russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; Yiddish: ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, yidishe avtonome gegnt) is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East, near Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. The main city is Birobidzhan.
| Jewish Autonomous Oblast Еврейская автономная область (Russian) ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט (Yiddish) | |||
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Coordinates: 48°36′N 132°12′E / 48.600°N 132.200°E | |||
| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Far Eastern[1] | ||
| Economic region | Far Eastern[2] | ||
| Established | 7 May 1934[3] | ||
| Administrative center | Birobidzhan | ||
| Government (as of July 2014) | |||
| • Governor[5] | Rostislav Goldshteyn[4] | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly[6] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[7] | |||
| • Total | 36,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 61st | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[8] | |||
| • Total | 176,558 | ||
| • Rank | 80th | ||
| • Density[9] | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 67.6% | ||
| • Rural | 32.4% | ||
| Population (2016 est.) | |||
| • Total | 170,000[10] | ||
| Time zone(s) | VLAT (UTC+11:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-YEV | ||
| License plates | 79 | ||
| Official languages | Russian[11] | ||
| [www.eao.ru Official website] | |||
In the late 1940s, the Jewish population here was around 46,000–50,000, about 25% of the population. In 2010 there were only 1,628 Jews in the JAO (less than 1% of the population).[8]
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