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{{Short description|Province of the Republic of China}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the various historic prefectures and provinces in present-day [[Shanghai]] which were administered from [[Songjiang Town|Songjiang]].}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
| native_name            = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|濱江省}} (1934–1945)<br>{{lang|zh|松江省}} (1945–1954)}}
| conventional_long_name = Binjiang Province (1934–1949)<br>Songjiang Province (1945–1954)
| common_name            = Songjiang
| subdivision            = 
| nation                 = Republic of China
| status_text            = [[List of administrative divisions of Manchukuo|Province]] of the [[Manchukuo]] (1934–1945)<br>[[History of the administrative divisions of China (1912–1949)|Province]] of the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (1945–1948)<br>[[Province of China|Province]] of the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (1948–1954)
<!-- General information -->| life_span              = 1934–1954
| capital                = [[Harbin]] (1934–1945)<br>[[Mudanjiang|Mutankiang]] (1945–1954)
| today                  = [[China]]<br /> '''∟''' [[Heilongjiang]]
<!-- Rise and fall, events, years and dates -->
<!-- Only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abolition" or "declaration". -->| date_pre               = 
| event_pre              = 
| year_start             = 1934
| year_end               = 1954
| event_start            = <!-- Default: "Established" -->
| date_start             = 
| image_map              = Map of Manchukuo Binjiang 1942.png
| 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

<!-- Flag navigation: Preceding and succeeding entities "p1" to "p5" and "s1" to "s8" -->
| p1                     = Heilongjiang
| flag_p1                = 
| p2                     = Jilin
| s1                     = Heilongjiang

| stat_year1             = 1947
| stat_area1             = 85,273
| stat_pop1              = 2,542,256
}}
'''Sungkiang''' or '''Songjiang''' ({{zh|c=松江省|p=Sōngjiāng Shěng|w=Sung-chiang Sheng}}) was a [[Province (China)|province]] (c.32,000 sq mi/82,880&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of the [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|Republic of China]]. [[Mudanjiang]] was the capital. It was one of nine provinces created in [[Manchuria]] by the [[Kuomintang|Chinese Nationalist]] government {{Citation needed span|text=after [[World War II]]|date=June 2011}}. {{Citation needed span|text=Since the Nationalists never gained effective control of Manchuria, the province existed only on paper.|date=June 2011}} It was bordered on the east by the [[USSR]], and along part of the southern border ran the [[Nen River|Nen]] (Nonni) and [[Songhua River]]s. In 1949 [[Hejiang Province|Hejiang]] was incorporated into Songjiang and in 1954, northern Songjiang was merged into [[Heilongjiang]] province and southern parts into [[Jilin]] province.

== See also ==
* [[Administrative divisions of the Republic of China]]
* {{section link|Chinese irredentism#Taiwan}}

{{Defunct Chinese provinces}}
{{Suspended ROC provinces}}
{{Defunct PRC provinces}}
{{Authority control}}
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{{Heilongjiang-geo-stub}}

[[Category:Provinces of the Republic of China (1912–1949)]]
[[Category:Former provinces of China]]
[[Category:Manchuria]]
[[Category:1954 disestablishments in China]]