Andong Province Explained

Conventional Long Name:Andong Province (1934–1949)
Liaodong Province (1949–1954)
Common Name:Antung
Nation:Republic of China
Status Text:Province of the Manchukuo (1934–1945)
Province of the Republic of China (1945–1949)
Province of the People's Republic of China (1949–1954)
Life Span:1934–1954
Capital:Antung (1934–1945)
Tunghwa (1945–1949)
Antung (1949–1954)
Today:China
Liaoning
Jilin
Year Start:1934
Year End:1954
Image Map Caption:Map of Andong within Manchukuo
Image Map2:Republic of China edcp location map (disputed territories) Antung.svg
Image Map2 Caption:Map of Andong within the ROC
Image Map3:PRC-Liaodong.png
Image Map3 Caption:Map of Andong within the PRC
P1:Fengtian province
P2:Tonghua Province
S1:Tonghua Province
S2:Liaoning
S3:Jilin
Stat Year1:1947
Stat Area1:62,279.23
Stat Pop1:2,971,170

Andong, or Liaodong, was a former province in Northeast China, located in what is now part of Liaoning and Jilin provinces. It was bordered on the southeast by the Yalu River, which separated it from Korea.

History

The name of the province Antung in Chinese means "pacify the east" and was likely inspired by the Protectorate General to Pacify the East established during the Tang Dynasty.

Antung Province was first created in 1934 as a province of the Japanese-controlled Empire of Manchukuo, when the former Fengtian Province was divided into three parts: Antung Province, Fengtian Province and Jinzhou Province. Antung was further sub-divided in 1939 into Antung Province and Tonghua Province.

After the annexation of Manchukuo by the Republic of China after the end of World War II, the Kuomintang reunited Antung and Tonghua, and continued to recognize the area as Antung Province. However, under the administration of the People's Republic of China, Antung Province was renamed as Liaodong Province and it was abolished in 1954, and its area was divided between Liaoning Province and Jilin Province.

Administration division

The capital of Antung Province from 1934 - 1939 was Tonghua, in modern-day Jilin. However, after the 1939 administrative reorganization of the province, the capital moved to Antung, an important border town between Manchukuo and Korea, and a major center on the railroad from Korea to Mukden.

The area of the province (from 1934 - 1939 and 1945 - 1954) was 62160km2.

1949 - 1954

NameAdministrative SeatSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinSubdivisions
AndongAndongChinese: 安东市Āndōng Shì6 districts
YingkouYingkouChinese: 营口市Yíngkǒu Shì5 districts
TonghuaTonghuaChinese: 通化市Tōnghuà Shìnone
LiaoyangLiaoyangChinese: 辽阳市Liáoyáng Shìnone
Tongliao DivisionXi'anChinese: 通辽专区Tōngliáo Zhuānqū1 city & 4 counties
Directly-controlled25 counties

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