South Manchuria Railway Zone

South Manchuria Railway Zone
南満州鉄道附属地
Area of Japan
1937
Area 
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250 km2 (97 sq mi)
Today part ofChina
South Manchuria Railway Zone
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese南滿洲鐵道附屬地
Simplified Chinese南满洲铁道附属地
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNánmǎnzhōu Tiědào Fùshǔ-dì
Wade–GilesNan2man3-chou1 Tʻieh3-tao4 Fu4-shu3-ti4
Japanese name
Kanji南満州鉄道附属地
Hiraganaみなみまんしゅうてつどうふぞくち
Katakanaミナミマンシュウテツドウフゾクチ
Transcriptions
RomanizationMinamimanshū Tetsudō Fuzoku-chi

The South Manchuria Railway Zone (Japanese: 南満州鉄道附属地, romanized: Minami Manshū Tetsudō Fuzoku-chi; simplified Chinese: 南满洲铁道附属地; traditional Chinese: 南滿洲鐵道附屬地; pinyin: Nán Mǎnzhōu Tiědào Fùshǔ-dì; Wade–Giles: Nan2 Man3-chou1 Tʻieh3-tao4 Fu4-shu3-ti4) or SMR Zone, was the area of Japanese extraterritorial rights in northeast China, in connection with the operation of the South Manchurian Railway.

The routing of the main line of the Chinese Eastern Railway (Manzhouli to Harbin to Suifenhe), here labelled the Trans-Manchurian Railway, and its southern branch (Harbin to Dalian). After 1905, most of the southern branch (from Changchun to Dalian) became the Japan-run South Manchuria Railway