Xinjing Special Municipality

This article is about the first-level administrative division of Manchukuo.. For the city which it encompassed in the People's Republic of China, see Changchun.
Xinjing Special Municipality
新京 (Xinjing) (Chinese)
新京 (Shinkyo) (Japanese)
Special Municipality
Official seal of Xinjing Special Municipality
Seal
Etymology: "New Capital"
CountryManchukuo Manchukuo
Xinjing Special Municipality
Traditional Chinese新京特別市
Literal meaning"New Capital"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXinjing Tebieshi
Bopomofoㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕˋ
Wade–GilesHsin¹-ching¹ T'e⁴-pieh² Shih⁴

Xinjing Special Municipality was the administrative division that the city of Changchun was put under while serving as the capital of the Empire of Great Manchuria, a puppet state of the Japanese Empire.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Manchuria ("Manchukuo"), administrative divisions / Department of State, Division of Map Intelligence and Cartography". UWM Libraries Digital Collections. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
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