Jinzhou Province
錦州省
Province of Manchukuo
1934–1945

CapitalJinzhou City
History 
• Established
December 1 1934
• Disestablished
1945
Preceded by
Fengtian Province
Today part ofChina China

Jinzhou Province was one of the provinces of Manchukuo. It was established 1934, when the old Fengtian Province was split into the Andong Province, Fengtian Province and Jinzhou Province.[1] Jinzhou was mostly Chinese with Korean minorities within it too.[2] The Province mostly acted as a place for Japanese use of its resources and its use for invading China due to its closeness to the country.[3]

Creation

Jinzhou was created on December 1, 1934 and was mostly based on Jinzhou city. Mostly created as an easy way to govern the city. During the creation, many minorities were abused.[4]

Dissolvement

The sign of it being dissolved is the Soviets starting to invade Manchuria, almost a week later in August 1945, Japan and Manchukuo would surrender and then Jinzhou would be dissolved.[5][6]

Administrative divisions

Governors

  • Sir Xu Shou : December 1, 1934 – July 1, 1937
  • Wang Zidong : July 1, 1937 – July 28, 1938
  • Jiang Enzhi : July 28, 1938 – October 11, 1941
  • Wang Duanrui : October 11, 1941 – (End of the war) [7]

See also

  1. ↑ Han, Suk-Jung (2004). "The Problem of Sovereignty: Manchukuo, 1932-1937". Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique. 12 (2): 457–478. doi:10.1215/10679847-12-2-457. S2CID 143561025.
  2. ↑ "Figure 1. Distribution of Manchukuo population by nationality and".
  3. ↑ "Invasion of Manchuria | Harry S. Truman".
  4. ↑ "China Insight". 7 August 2023.
  5. ↑ LTC David M. Glantz, "August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria". Leavenworth Papers No. 7, Combat Studies Institute, February 1983, Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
  6. ↑ MacKerras, Colin (2003). Ethnicity in Asia. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415258166.
  7. ↑ Ikuhiko Hata, "Institutions, Organizations, and Personnel of World Countries: 1840-2000", University of Tokyo Press, 2001.


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