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Birobidzhan
Jewish Autonomous Oblast · Russia
City population
73,623
#223
in Russia
#7,834
worldwide
48.793, 132.920 · 6,006 km from Moscow
About Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan is a city in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia with a population of 73,623. It is the 223rd largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, and the 7,834th largest worldwide. It lies 6,006 km from Moscow.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Elevation
84 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Vladivostok
Coordinates
48.793, 132.920
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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