Songpu


Songpu is a town and subdistrict of Songbei District, Harbin, China. It is located north of Harbin city, at the north bank of the Songhua River, away 5 km from downtown. The area of Songpu is 59.74 km2, and the population is about 35,000. The meaning of Songpu is the wharf of Songhua River.

Geography

Songpu is located on the north bank of the Songhua. At the east and south the north is Limin of Hulan, while in the west is Qianjin and Binzhou Railway.

Transport

Transport is provided by the Binbei Railway with four stations. A freeway runs through 202 National way, Harbin-Heihe way, Harbin-Daqing way. Songpu has factories, such as Harbin Sugar Factory and Harbin Ship Factory.

History

In 1850, it was named Majiachuankou when the wharf was owned by the Ma family. It became a small town, so on December 15, 1912, the governor of Heilongjiang province ordered that the city council meet at Majiachuankou which belonged to Hulan county.
The next year, it changed its name to Songbei city council. In 1925, it changed its name to Songpu city council, and became part of Harbin special city in 1933. It became Songpu District in 1938.
In 1953, Songpu District had two townships and two subdistricts. In 1958, Songpu District was momentarily merged into Binjiang District, but Binjiang District was cancelled. Songpu township was then place in Daowai District. Songpu became a people's commune.
In 1979, Daowai restored all the subdistricts, and set more two subdistricts. In 1983, Songpu again became a township. In 1985, Songpu became a town and Chuankou Subdistrict was merged into Songpu Town.
In 2004, Songpu belonged to Songbei District. In November, the Harbin government approved Songpu as a subdistrict.
In 2017, Chuankou Subdistrict became independent from Songpu. Chuankou took two communities and three villages from Songpu.

Sub-divide

Songpu has 5 communities and 6 villages. The communities are Tangchang, Changshengyuan, Beianqicheng, Beianxinghecheng, Fulicheng. The villages are Songpu, Songhuajiang, Dongfanghong, Hongxing, Xinhua and Liming.