Conventional Long Name: | Binjiang Province (1934–1949) Songjiang Province (1945–1954) |
Common Name: | Songjiang |
Nation: | Republic of China |
Status Text: | Province of the Manchukuo (1934–1945) Province of the Republic of China (1945–1948) Province of the People's Republic of China (1948–1954) |
Life Span: | 1934–1954 |
Capital: | Harbin (1934–1945) Mutankiang (1945–1954) |
Today: | China ∟ Heilongjiang |
Year Start: | 1934 |
Year End: | 1954 |
Image Map Caption: | Map of Binjiang within Manchukuo |
Image Map2: | ROC Div Songjiang.svg |
Image Map2 Caption: | Map of Songjiang within the ROC |
Image Map3: | PRC-Songjiang.png |
Image Map3 Caption: | Map of Songjiang within the PRC |
P1: | Heilongjiang |
P2: | Jilin |
S1: | Heilongjiang |
Stat Year1: | 1947 |
Stat Area1: | 85,273 |
Stat Pop1: | 2,542,256 |
Sungkiang or Songjiang was a province (c.32,000 sq mi/82,880 km2) of the Republic of China. Mudanjiang was the capital. It was one of nine provinces created in Manchuria by the Chinese Nationalist government . It was bordered on the east by the USSR, and along part of the southern border ran the Nen (Nonni) and Songhua Rivers. In 1949 Hejiang was incorporated into Songjiang and in 1954, northern Songjiang was merged into Heilongjiang province and southern parts into Jilin province.