Manchuria

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Coordinates: Lat: 42 00 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 42.0000 decimal degrees Long: 126 00 00 E degrees minutes Long: 126.0000 decimal degrees Note: Region in NE comprising Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces; a former center of various Mongol tribes who invaded N China; rivalry between Russia & Japan caused Russo-Japanese War 1904; Chinese administration established 1907; Communist control from 1948.