Buk-gu, Busan

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Buk-gu
Hangul 북구 Hanja 北區 Revised Romanization Buk-gu McCune- Reischauer Puk-ku
Statistics
Area 38.30 km2 (14.79 sq mi) Population (2005) 336,753 [1] Population density 8,793 /km² (22,770 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 13 administrative dong
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Buk-gu (literally northern gu) is a gu, or district, in north central Busan, South Korea. Buk-gu covers a surface of 38.30 km² is home to about 335,000 people. It attained the status of gu in 1978.

Contents 1 Administrative divisions 2 Sister Cities 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Administrative divisions

Buk-gu is divided into 5 legal dong, which altogether comprise 13 administrative dong, as follows:

• Gupo-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Geumgok-dong
• Hwamyeong-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Deckcheon-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Mandeok-dong (3 administrative dong)

[edit] Sister Cities

• Jiaozhou, China

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Buk-gu website (in English)

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