Amurzet
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Amurzet
Амурзет | |
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Location of Amurzet  | |
  Amurzet Location of Amurzet  Amurzet Amurzet (Jewish Autonomous Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 47°41′48″N 131°5′53″E / 47.69667°N 131.09806°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 679230 |
| OKTMO ID | 99625405101 |
Amurzet (Russian: Амурзет; Yiddish: אמורזעט) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Oktyabrsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) from Birobidzhan.[3] Population: 5,051 (2010 Census);[4] 5,382 (2002 Census);[5] 6,243 (1989 Soviet census).[6]
It was founded in 1929 as a large collective farm.[7] Specifically, Amurzet has a history of Jewish settlement in the JAO since its inception.[8] Concerning the period 1929 through 1939, Amurzet was the center of Jewish settlement for the area south of Birobidzhan.[9]