Administrative divisions of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated in the Russian Far East, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast of Russia and Heilongjiang province of China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan.... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Administrative center: Birobidzhan Birobidzhan Birobidzhan is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the border with the People's Republic of China....
As of 2007:
# of districts Raion A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"... (районы)	5
# of cities/towns (города)	2
# of urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union... s (посёлки городского типа)	11
# of rural okrugs (сельские округа)	18
As of 2002:
# of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты)	98
# of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения)	3

Cities and towns under autonomous oblast's jurisdiction:
- Birobidzhan
  Birobidzhan
  Birobidzhan is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the border with the People's Republic of China....
  
  (Биробиджан) (administrative center)
Districts:
- Birobidzhansky
  Birobidzhansky District
  Birobidzhansky District is an administrative district , one of the 5 in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia....
  
  (Биробиджанский)
  - with 6 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
- Leninsky
  Leninsky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  Leninsky District is an administrative district , one of the 5 in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia....
  
  (Ленинский)
  - with 5 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
- Obluchensky
  Obluchensky District
  Obluchensky District is an administrative district , one of the 5 in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia....
  
  (Облученский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Obluchye
      Obluchye
      Obluchye is a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Amur west of Birobidzhan. Population: 10,425 ; -History:...
      
      (Облучье)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Bira
      Bira, Russia
      Bira is an urban-type settlement in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,176 ; 4,311 ; 4,111 .-History:The railway station of Bira was built in 1908...
      
      (Бира)
    - Birakan (Биракан)
    - Izvestkovy (Известковый)
    - Khingansk (Хинганск)
    - Kuldur resort settlement (Кульдур)
    - Londoko (Лондоко)
    - Teploozyorsk (Теплоозёрск)
  - with 2 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
- Oktyabrsky
  Oktyabrsky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  Oktyabrsky District is an administrative district , one of the 5 in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia....
  
  (Октябрьский)
  - with 3 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
- Smidovichsky
  Smidovichsky District
  Smidovichsky District is an administrative district , one of the 5 in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia....
  
  (Смидовичский)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Nikolayevka (Николаевка)
    - Priamursky (Приамурский)
    - Smidovich
      Smidovich
      Smidovich is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Smidovichsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,720 ; 5,905 ; 6,646 ....
      
      (Смидович)
    - Volochayevka-2 (Волочаевка-2)
  - with 2 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.

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