Kwantung Leased Territory

E92452

colonial possession former territory leased territory

The Kwantung Leased Territory was a strategically important area in southern Manchuria controlled by Imperial Japan in the early 20th century, serving as a key military and colonial foothold on the Asian mainland.

Aliases (2)

Guandong Leased Territory ×1
South Manchuria Railway Zone ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial possession → former territory → leased territory →
administeredBy	Kwantung Government-General →
associatedWith	South Manchurian Railway Company →
borderedBy	Manchukuo →
capital	Dairen →
conflict	Russo-Japanese War → Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II in Asia →
continent	Asia →
controlledBy	Empire of Japan →
country	Imperial Japan →
endTime	1945 →
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese → Japanese settlers → Manchus →
eventEnd	Japan’s defeat in World War II → Soviet invasion of Manchuria →
garrisonedBy	Kwantung Army →
hasAlternativeName	Guandong Leased Territory → Kantōshū →
hasJapaneseName	関東州 →
languageUsed	Chinese → Japanese →
legalBasis	Treaty of Portsmouth → lease from Qing China →
locatedIn	Manchuria → northeastern China → southern Manchuria →
partOf	Japanese colonial empire →
precededBy	Russian-leased Liaodong Peninsula →
previousController	Russian Empire →
significantCity	Port Arthur →
significantPort	Dairen → Port Arthur →
startTime	1905 → early 20th century →
status	defunct political entity →
strategicImportance	army base → gateway to Manchuria → naval base →
successor	People's Republic of China → Soviet occupation of southern Manchuria →
usedFor	colonial administration → control of South Manchurian Railway → military staging area →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japanese colonial empire → Japanese colonial empire ("South Manchuria Railway Zone") →	hasPart
Japanese Kwantung Army →	garrisonLocation
Kwantung Leased Territory ("Guandong Leased Territory") →	hasAlternativeName
Japanese Kwantung Army →	namedAfter
Imperial Ordinances of Japan →	usedIn