Songpu Subdistrict is a subdistrict of

Songbei District Songbei District () is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, forming part of the city's urban core. Its name literally means "north of Song", referring to its positi ...

, Harbin,

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, China. It is located in the north of Harbin city, on the north bank of the

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, 5 kilometers from the city center. The area of Songpu is , and the population is about 35,000.

Etymology

The meaning of Songpu is ''the wharf of Songhua River''.

Geography

Songpu is located on the north bank of the

. At the east and south the north is Limin of Hulan, while in the west is Qianjin and

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Transport

The subdistrict has four train stations on the Binbei Railway: New Songpu Station (), Miaotaizi Station (), North Songpu Station (), and Songbei Station (). Major motorways which run through Songpu Subdistrict include National Highway 202, the Harbin-Heihe Expressway, and the Harbin-Daqing Expressway.

History

In 1850, it was named Majiachuankou (, literally ''the wharf of Ma clan'') when the wharf was owned by the Ma family. It became a small town, so on December 15, 1912, the governor of

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ordered that the city council meet at Majiachuankou () which belonged to Hulan County. The next year, it changed its name to Songbei city council (). In 1925, it changed its name to Songpu city council (), and became part of Harbin special city in 1933. It became Songpu District in 1938. In 1953, Songpu District had two townships, Songpu () and Xinxing (), and two subdistricts, Tangchang () and Chuankou (). In 1958, Songpu District was momentarily merged into Binjiang District, but Binjiang District was cancelled. Songpu township was then place in

Daowai District Daowai District () is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, forming part of the city's urban core. It borders the districts of Hulan to the north, Acheng to the southea ...

. Songpu became a people's commune. In 1979, Daowai restored all the subdistricts, and set more two subdistricts: Zhenjiang () and Chuankou (). In 1983, Songpu again became a

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. In 1985, Songpu became a

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, and Chuankou Subdistrict was merged into Songpu Town. In 2004, Songpu belonged to Songbei District. In November, the Harbin government approved Songpu as a subdistrict. In 2017, became split off from Songpu. Chuankou took two residential communities, Chuankou () and Guangxin Xincheng (), and three villages, Taiyangsheng (), Dongming (), and Dengta () from Songpu.

Administrative divisions

Songpu Subdistrict administers 5 residential communities and 6 administrative villages. The subdistrict's residential communities are Tangchang (), Changshengyuan (), Bei'anqicheng (), Beianxinghecheng (), and Fulicheng (). The subdistrict's administrative villages are Songpu (), Songhuajiang (), Dongfanghong (), Hongxing (), Xinhua () and Liming ().

Economy

Numerous factories are located in Songpu Subdistrict, such as the Harbin Sugar Factory and Harbin Ship Factory.

References

{{Reflist Harbin Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China Township-level divisions of Heilongjiang