Buk-gu, Ulsan

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Ulsan Metropolitan City Buk Gu

Korean name
Revised Romanization	Ulsan Gwangyeoksi Buk Gu
McCune-Reischauer	Ulsan Kwangyŏksi Puk Ku
Hangul	울산 광역시 북구
Hanja	蔚山廣域市北區
Short name	Ulsan Buk Gu (울산 북구)
Statistics
Population	143,164 (2004 estimate)
Area	157,308,430.3㎡
Government	Metropolitan City Ward Council
Administrative divisions	26 dongs
Region	South Gyeongsang Province (formerly)
Dialect	Gyeongsang
Location map

Buk-gu is the northernmost district of Ulsan, South Korea. Its name literally means "North Ward". It stretches roughly from the Ring Road to Mohwa into the north and out to the coast in the east. Ulsan's domestic airport (Code: USN), which serves Seoul (Gimpo Airport) and Jeju (Airport), is located in Buk-gu.

1 Demographics
2 "Dong"
3 Local attractions
4 Transport

[edit] Demographics

143,164 people live in Ulsan Buk Gu's 157,308,430.3㎡. 74,571 of these are male, while 68,593 are female. In no "dong" (smaller division) do women outnumber men.

[edit] "Dong"

The "Dong" of Buk-Gu are as follows:

Jungsan Dong
Cheongok Dong
Sinjeon Dong
Maegok Dong
Daean Dong
Sinmyeong Dong
Sanha Dong
Jeongja Dong
Muryong Dong
Changpyeong Dong
Sangan Dong
Dalcheon Dong
Gadae Dong
Sirae Dong
Songjeong Dong
Hwabong Dong
Sinhyeon Dong
Dangsa Dong
Eomul Dong
Yeonam Dong
Hyomun Dong
Jinjang Dong
Myeongchon Dong
Yangjeong Dong
Yeompo Dong
Hogye Dong

[edit] Local attractions

Jeongja Beach is the most popular in Ulsan and there are several raw fish restaurants and pleasant western restaurants-come-bars lining the coast road around here. Most people in Ulsan go here infrequently, however, as it lies at the other end of a twisted road over the hills just south of Muryongsan, Ulsan's second-highest hill.

[edit] Transport

Transport in Buk-gu is simple, as most of the population are in striking distance of either the Ring Road or National Road 7, which is the main road up the East Coast of South Korea and which, at this point, connects Ulsan with Gyeongju to the north.