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Birakan

human settlement in Obluchensky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
Place Urban Type Settlement in Russia Q864972

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
urban-type settlement in Russia, human settlement[5]
Inception
1905[7]
Native label
Биракан[24]
Official name
Биракан[23]

Location

Country
Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union[2][3][4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.001°, 131.720°, 🗺️ 48.993°, 131.720°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Бираканское городское поселение[1]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+231[25]
Population
1.7k (227–4.4k, n=27)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 227 · 536 · 1,638 · 2,113 · 4,360 GeoNames 2,463 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code
679135[6]
More facts +1
Capital of
Бираканское городское поселение[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Birakan he ביראקן ja ビラカン川 ru Биракан uk Біракан zh 比拉坎
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2886525
GeoNames ID
2026657
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122z2sdk
OKATO ID
99220556000
OKTMO ID
99620156051
Who's on First ID
890485327

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🔗 Connections
Country 3
Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Instance of 1
human settlement
Located in time zone 1
UTC+10:00
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Related Entities

Russia Russian Empire

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Q26882286. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . Q26882286. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . arhiv.eao.ru. arhiv.eao.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . arhiv.eao.ru. arhiv.eao.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . nasledie-eao.ru. nasledie-eao.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . arhiv.eao.ru. arhiv.eao.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Q126688840. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Q126683186. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Q126683348. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Q126683464. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Q126683566. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . vivaldi.nlr.ru. vivaldi.nlr.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . nlr.ru. nlr.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Q126687602. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Q126683667. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Q126811573. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Q26882286. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Alex NB OT bot · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → 49.001°, 131.720°, 48.993°, 131.720°
    Elevation above sea level → 231 metre
    Inception → 1905
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Бираканское городское поселение
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed reference: Population: 2,151"
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