Xinjing Special Municipality

Xinjing Special Municipality
新京 (Xinjing) (Chinese)
新京 (Shinkyo) (Japanese)
Special Municipality
Seal
Etymology: "New Capital"
Country 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.

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