Blagoveshchensk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Amur Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 225,091
• Coordinates: 50.2759° N, 127.5264° E
• Time zone: Asia/Yakutsk (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 5,613 km (3,488 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Ignatyevo Airport (BQS): 19 km (12 mi), straight line
• Heihe Aihui Airport (HEK, China): 19 km (12 mi), straight line
• Wudalianchi Dedu Airport (DTU, China): 228 km (142 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Heihe, China: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Xinfu, China: 5.0 km (3.1 mi)
• Chigiri: 6.7 km (4.2 mi)
• Sijiazi, China: 11 km (7 mi)
• Shangmachang, China: 18 km (11 mi)