Buk-gu, Busan

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For a list of South Korean gu named Buk-gu, please see Buk-gu.

Buk-gu
Hangul:	북구
Hanja:	北區
Revised Romanization:	Buk-gu
McCune-Reischauer:	Puk-ku
Statistics
Area:	38.30 km²
Population:	336,753 October 2005 reg.[1]
Pop. density:	8793 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	13 administrative dong

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.

[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] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Buk-gu website (in english)