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{{infobox Location
|country = Russia
|map = <map lat='48.7928' lng='132.9229' zoom='9' view='0' />
|pop = 74000
|state = Jewish Autonomous Region
|motorways = [[R297]]
}}
'''Birobidzhan''' (Russian: Биробиджан) is the capital of the [[Jewish Autonomous Region]] in [[Russia]]. It is one of the smallest regional centers (74,000 people) in Russia, located in Eastern Siberia, between [[Blagoveshchensk]] and [[Khabarovsk]]. The Trans-Siberian Railway and the federal highway [[R297]] "Amur" pass through the city. A bypass road was built between 2003 and 2006, skirting the city from the northeast, so transit hitchhikers can avoid entering the city.