Binjiang Province ( Chinese: 濱江省) was one of the

provinces of Manchukuo The administrative divisions of Manchukuo consisted of a number of provinces plus the special municipalities of Xinjing (新京特別市) and Harbin (哈爾浜特別市), and the Beiman Special Region (北満特別区). The number of provinces ...

. Binjiang was founded on December 1, 1934 and was dissolved in August 1945. Binjiang had a mix of Chinese,

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

, and

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people. Binjiang was created when the old

Jilin Province Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

was split into the Binjiang Province and

Jiandao Province Jiandao or Chientao, known in Korean as Gando or Kando, is a historical border region along the north bank of the Tumen River in Jilin Province, Northeast China that has a high population of ethnic Koreans. The word "Jiandao" itself, literall ...

, and

. In 1937 Binjiang Province was split into the Binjiang Province and

Mudanjiang Province Mudanjiang (; Manchu: ''Mudan bira''), alternately romanized as Mutankiang, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast part of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It was called ''Botankou'' under Japanese occupation. It serves as ...

1934

Binjiang Province was created in 1934, from the old Jillin province. In this year, many Japanese people moved to the area but during it, many human rights abuses happened.

1937

Binjiang was split into the Binjiang and the

1945

The

Soviet invasion of Manchuria The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian strategic offensive operation (russian: Манчжурская стратегическая наступательная операция, Manchzhurskaya Strategicheskaya Nastu ...

happened in 1945, Binjiang was also affected by it, and when

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Manchuria from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 after the Japanese ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

surrendered, Binjiang was also officially dissolved.

Administrative divisions

Before the fall of Manchukuo, Binjiang Province had 1 city, 16 counties, and 1 banner: * Harbin City * Acheng County * Bin County * Shuangcheng County * Wuchang County *

Zhuhe County Shangzhi () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is away from central Harbin and has an area of approximately . The city proper has a population of around ...

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Yanshou County Yanshou County () is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders Fangzheng County to the north, Shangzhi to the south, and ...

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Bayan County Bayan County () is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders Mulan County to the east, Bin County to the south, Hulan Distri ...

Mulan County Mulan County () is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders Tonghe County to the east, Fangzheng County to the southeast, ...

Zhaodong County Zhaodong () is a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants in southwestern Heilongjiang province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Suihua, the center of which is located around to the northeast and ...

* Zhaozhou County *

Lanxi County Lanxi County () is a county of western Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Suihua. Administrative divisions Huma County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 8 towns and 7 t ...

* Dongxing County * Anda County *

Qinggang County Qinggang County () is a county of western Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Suihua Suihua () is a prefecture-level city in west-central Heilongjiang province, People' ...

* Guoerluoshouqi

Governors

Unless otherwise specified, according to sources. * Lu Ronghuan : December 1, 1934 – May 21, 1935 * Han Yunjie : May 21, 1935 – May 25, 1935 * Yan Niansu : May 25, 1935 – July 1, 1937 * Shi Luben : July 1, 1937 – January 17, 1938 * Wei Huanzhang : February 10, 1938 – May 16, 1940 * Yu Jingtao : May 16, 1940 – April 20, 1943 * Wang Ziheng : April 20, 1943- (End of War)

Legacy

Binjiang was one of the many provinces in

with any human right abuses and genocide, causing this province to have a negative light in history by many, a small part of the reason of Chinese hatred of Japan

References

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