Tongjiang, Heilongjiang

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Tongjiang
同江市
County-level city
Location of Tongjiang in Jiamusi
Location of Tongjiang in Jiamusi
Tongjiang is located in Heilongjiang
Tongjiang
Tongjiang
Location in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 47°39′N 132°30′E / ��47.650°N 132.500°E / 47.650; 132.500Coordinates: 47°39′N 132°30′E / 47.650°N 132.500°E / 47.650; 132.500
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHeilongjiang
Prefecture-level cityJiamusi
Area
 • Total6,164 km2 (2,380 sq mi)
Population
 • Total211,609
 • Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ClimateDwb
Websitetongjiang.gov.cn

Tongjiang (Chinese: 同江; pinyin: Tóngjiāng) is a city of 160,000 in eastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, located at the confluence and on the right banks of the Songhua and Amur Rivers, the latter which marks the border with Russia. Administratively, it is a county-level city of Jiamusi.

History[]

Tongjiang (labelled as T'ung-chiang (Lahasusu) 同江) (1956)

Early medieval history[]

From 698 to 936, the kingdom of Balhae occupied northern Korea and parts of Manchuria and Primorsky Krai, consisting of the Nanai, the Udege, the Evenks, descendants of the Tungus-speaking people, and the people of the recently fallen Goguryeo kingdom of Korea. In that period, the vicinity of Tongjiang was settled by Heishui Mohe tribes (Hangul : 흑수말갈 Hanja/Hanzi : 黑水靺鞨 pinyin : Hēishuǐ Mòhé). These tribes were submitted to Balhae Kingdom under King Seon's reign (818-830).

King Seon administrated their territories by creating a prefecture in the neighbourhood : The Hoiwon Prefecture (Hangul : 회원부 Hanja : 懷遠府) with Dalju (Hangul : 달주 Hanja :達州), present-day Tongjiang (Hanzi :同江 pinyin :Tóngjiāng), as its administrative centre.

20th century[]

During the Sino-Soviet conflict in 1929, the Soviet Amur Military Flotilla completely destroyed the Chinese Sungary Military Flotilia in a battle near Lahasusu.

Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge[]

Main article: Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge

The Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge was proposed in 2007 by Valery Solomonovich Gurevich, the vice-chairman of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia. The railway bridge over the Amur River will connect Tongjiang with Nizhneleninskoye, a village in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.[1]

The Chinese portion of the bridge was finished in July 2016.[2] Work began on the longer Russian section of the bridge in December 2016. Completion of structural link between the two sides of the bridge was completed in March 2019.[3][4] Opening to rail traffic has been repeatedly delayed, with the December 2019 estimate being "the end of 2020",[5] and then 3rd quarter of 2021.[6]

Administrative divisions[]

Tongjiang City is divided into 1 subdistrict, 6 towns and 4 townships.[7]

1 subdistrict
  • (同江市城市管理委员会街道)
6 towns
  • (同江镇), (乐业镇), (三村镇), (临江镇), (向阳镇), (青河镇)
4 townships
  • (街津口乡), (八岔乡), (金川乡), (银川乡)

Transportation[]

See also[]

  • List of Provinces of Balhae

References[]

  1. ^ Proposed bridge to boost bilateral trade, China Daily, June 19, 2007.
  2. ^ Andrew Higgins (July 16, 2016). "An Unfinished Bridge, and Partnership, Between Russia and China". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Russia Completes Construction of First-Ever Rail Bridge to China", The Moscow Times, March 21, 2019, retrieved November 16, 2020
  4. ^ Россия и Китай соединили железнодорожный мост через Амур [Russia and China connected a railway bridge across the Amur] (in Russian), RBK Group, March 21, 2019, retrieved November 16, 2020
  5. ^ "Railway bridge over Amur river to China will be built by end of 2020, envoy says". TASS. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  6. ^ https://www.dvnovosti.ru/eao/2020/02/17/110702/
  7. ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

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