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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kwantung Leased Territory canonical 10
Guandong Leased Territory 2
Kwantung Territory 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial possession ⓘ
former territory ⓘ
leased territory ⓘ
administeredBy Kwantung Government-General ⓘ
associatedWith South Manchuria Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: South Manchurian Railway Company
borderedBy Manchukuo ⓘ
capital Dairen ⓘ
conflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Asia
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
country Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japan
endTime 1945 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Han Chinese ⓘ
Japanese settlers ⓘ
Manchu ⓘ
surface form: Manchus
eventEnd Japan’s defeat in World War II ⓘ
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
garrisonedBy Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ
surface form: Kwantung Army
hasAlternativeName Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
surface form: Guandong Leased Territory

Kantōshū ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 関東州 ⓘ
languageUsed Chinese ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ
lease from Qing China ⓘ
locatedIn Manchuria ⓘ
northeastern China ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
surface form: southern Manchuria
partOf Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: 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 China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
surface form: Soviet occupation of southern Manchuria
usedFor colonial administration ⓘ
control of South Manchurian Railway ⓘ
military staging area ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Kwantung Army → namedAfter → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Japanese Kwantung Army → garrisonLocation → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Manchuria Railway Zone
Imperial Ordinances of Japan → usedIn → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kwantung Leased Territory → hasAlternativeName → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guandong Leased Territory
South Manchuria Railway Company → basedIn → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kantōgun → garrisonLocation → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Dairen → partOf → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kwantung Government-General → appliesToJurisdiction → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kwantung Government-General → historicalRegion → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
関東州 → 別名 → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: 関東租借地
Kantōshū → alsoKnownAs → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
Kantōshū → alsoKnownAs → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwantung Territory
Kantōshū → alsoKnownAs → Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guandong Leased Territory