Suyeong-gu

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Suyeong-gu
Hangul:	수영구
Hanja:	水營區
Revised Romanization:	Suyeong-gu
McCune-Reischauer:	Suyǒng-ku
Statistics
Area:	10.16 km²
Population:	180,000
Pop. density:	17768 [1] people/km²
Administrative divisions:	10 administrative dong

Suyeong-gu is a gu in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 10.16 km², and a population of about 180,000. Suyeong-gu was created in 1995 following its separation from Nam-gu.The word Suyeung in the Korean language means "swimming" or "to swim". The relevance of this could be the location of Gwang-ali beach in Suyeung. Subway line 2 runs through Suyeong and subway line 3 ends in Suyeong making Suyeong an important location for subway transportation/transfers.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Suyeong-gu is divided into 5 legal dong, which altogether comprise 10 administrative dong, as follows:

• Namcheon-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Suyeong-dong
• Mangmi-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Gwangan-dong (4 administrative dong)
• Minlak-dong

[edit] External links

• Suyeong-gu website (in english)

[edit] See also

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