Song gian g Province

Not to be confused with the various historic prefectures and provinces in present-dayShanghaiwhich were administered fromSong gian g.

Bin gian g Province (1934–1949) Song gian g Province (1945–1954) Tân giang tỉnh(1934–1945) Tùng Giang tỉnh(1945–1954)
Provinceof theManchukuo(1934–1945) Provinceof theRepublic of China(1945–1948) Provinceof thePeople's Republic of China(1948–1954)
1934–1954
Map of Bin gian g within Manchukuo
Map of Song gian g within the ROC
Capital	Harbin(1934–1945) Mutankiang(1945–1954)
Area
• 1947	85,273 km2(32,924 sq mi)
Population
• 1947	2,542,256
History
• Established	1934
• Disestablished	1954
Preceded by Succeeded by Heilong gian g Jilin Heilong gian g
Today part of	China ∟Heilong gian g

SungkiangorSong gian g(Chinese:Tùng Giang tỉnh;pinyin:Sōngjiāng Shěng;Wade–Giles:Sung-chiang Sheng) was aprovince(c.32,000 sq mi/82,880 km²) of theRepublic of China.Mudan gian gwas the capital. It was one of nine provinces created inManchuriaby theChinese NationalistgovernmentafterWorld War II.Since the Nationalists never gained effective control of Manchuria, the province existed only on paper.It was bordered on the east by theUSSR,and along part of the southern border ran theNen(Nonni) andSonghua Rivers.In 1949He gian gwas incorporated into Song gian g and in 1954, northern Song gian g was merged intoHeilong gian gprovince and southern parts intoJilinprovince.

See also

• Administrative divisions of the Republic of China
• Chinese irredentism § Taiwan