Songjiang Province Explained

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.

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