The general information of the JAR

The Jewish Autonomous Region is located in the southern part of the Russian Far East. In the west it borders on the Amur Region, in the east – with the Khabarovsk Territory, in the south its border along the Amur River coincides with frontier of Russia and China. The area of the region's territory makes 36,3 thousand sq. kilometers. The population for January 1, 2009 is 185,412 thousand people. The regional centre is the city of Birobidzhan. The area has a favorable geographical position. It is in immediate proximity to the coast of the Pacific Ocean and the basic economic partners in this region, has an exit in the seas of the Pacific Ocean through the Amur waterway. The Trans-Siberian railway, which provides the shortest routes from the Western Europe and Middle East in the countries of the Asian-Pacific region, is located on the territory of the region.

In territory of the Jewish Autonomous Region the deposits of minerals, including gold, tin, iron, manganese, magnesites, brucite, graphite, limestones and dolomite and, phosphorites, mineral paints, natural facing stones, raw materials are revealed. There are deposits of brown coal and peat.

The economic situation of the Jewish Autonomous Region is characterized by growth of manufacture of the goods and services, investments in a fixed capital, real monetary incomes of the population, increase of a commercial turnover. Industrial and housing construction is actively carried out.

At the industrial enterprises of the region hosieries, knitted products, leather footwear are produced, the wood is prepared and processed, various office and household furniture, cement, building and finishing materials, food stuffs and other goods which are in demand on the market are made. Modernization of the enterprises is conducted to improve the quality of production, and its competitiveness, the modern engineering is introduced as well.

The region has huge tracts of land, suitable for their development for haymaking and a pasture. Presence of natural fodder lands creates favorable opportunities for development of cattle industries, especially for the large horned livestock. The region completely can provide itself with vegetable and dairy production due to own manufacture. The transport complex of the region has automobile and railway transportation. Presence of the ramified network of the common use provides communication of all settlements among themselves and the regional centre.

Development of physical training and sports in the region is characterized by positive changes of parameters of mass character of sports movement and growth of skill of sportsmen. Children and youth sports schools play the significant role in development of physical training and sports of the region, which prepare for a worthy reserve to our deserved sportsmen.