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Coordinates: 49°00′00″N 131°04′60″E / 49, 131.0833
Obluchye (Russian: Облу́чье) is a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Amur) 159 kilometers (99 mi) west of Birobidzhan. Population: 11,069 (2002 Census); 12,016 (1989 Census). Obluchye has also been an important trade route, in 1898 construction on the Trans-Siberian Railway connecting Chita and Vladivostok, starting at each end and meeting halfway. The project produced a large influx of new settlers and the foundation of new settlements. In 1908, Volochayevka, Obluchye, and Bira stations appeared. The railroad was completed in October 1916.[1]
Founded in 1911 as a village at the railway station. Town status since 1938.
