South Manchuria Railway

1906–1945 Japanese company in China
Organization railway_company Q696419
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South Manchuria Railway

Summary

South Manchuria Railway is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Manchuria Railway is in the country of Empire of Japan[3].
  • South Manchuria Railway's route map is recorded as Manchukuo Railmap en.png[4].
  • South Manchuria Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[5].
  • South Manchuria Railway's instance of is recorded as national policy company[6].
  • South Manchuria Railway's instance of is recorded as colonial society[7].
  • South Manchuria Railway's flag image is recorded as Flag of South Manchuria Railway Company.svg[8].
  • South Manchuria Railway's founder is recorded as Gotō Shinpei[9].
  • South Manchuria is named after South Manchuria Railway[10].
  • South Manchuria Railway's logo image is recorded as The mark of South Manchuria Railway.svg[11].
  • South Manchuria Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Dalian[12].
  • South Manchuria Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Hsinking[13].
  • South Manchuria Railway's ISNI is recorded as 0000000119423829[14].
  • South Manchuria Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151567741[15].
  • South Manchuria Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153024490[16].
  • South Manchuria Railway's GND ID is recorded as 37974-8[17].
  • South Manchuria Railway's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80067047[18].
  • South Manchuria Railway's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14469529x[19].
  • South Manchuria Railway's IdRef ID is recorded as 112701841[20].
  • South Manchuria Railway's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA0132682X[21].
  • South Manchuria Railway's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00291154[22].
  • South Manchuria Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as SMR Research Department[23].
  • South Manchuria Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Dalian Tram[24].
  • South Manchuria Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Nippon Seiro[25].
  • South Manchuria Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as East Asiatic Economic Investigation Bureau[26].
  • South Manchuria Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Dairen Kisen[27].

Body

Founding

South Manchuria Railway's founder is recorded as Gotō Shinpei[9]. +1906-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Identity

South Manchuria Railway's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '満鉄'}[29].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Dalian[12], a sub-province-level division[30], in People's Republic of China[31], founded in 1904[32] and Hsinking[13], a city[33], in Manchukuo[34], founded in 1932[35]. Subsidiaries include SMR Research Department[23], a research department[36], in Empire of Japan[37], founded in 1907[38]; Dalian Tram[24], a business[39], founded in 1926[40]; Nippon Seiro[25], a business[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1951[43], headquartered in Tokyo[44]; East Asiatic Economic Investigation Bureau[26], a department[45], in Empire of Japan[46], founded in 1908[47]; Dairen Kisen[27], a shipping line[48], in Manchukuo[49], founded in 1915[50], headquartered in Ta-lien[51]; and Shōwa Steel Works[52], a business[53], in Empire of Japan[54], founded in 1918[55].

Industry

South Manchuria Railway's industry is recorded as railway[56].

Dissolution

South Manchuria Railway was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[57].

Why It Matters

South Manchuria Railway ranks in the top 4% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

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Class ancestry

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  2. [58] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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