Amurzet

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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. Population: 5,051 (2010 Census).
It was founded in 1929 as a large collective farm. Specifically, Amurzet has a history of Jewish settlement in the JAO since its inception. Concerning the period 1929 through 1939, Amurzet was the center of Jewish settlement for the area south of Birobidzhan.
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Coordinates:   47°41'52"N   131°5'32"E

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