Yeonje-gu

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Yeonje-gu
Hangul:	연제구
Hanja:	蓮堤區
Revised Romanization:	Yeonje-gu
McCune-Reischauer:	Yŏnje-ku
Statistics
Area:	12.08 km²
Population:	218,080 October 2005 reg.[1]
Pop. density:	18053 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	13 administrative dong

Yeonje-gu is a gu in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 12.08 km², and a population of about 220,000. Yeonje-gu was created in March 1995 following its separation from Dongnae-gu. Its name was formed by taking the first and last syllables of the names of its only 2 dong; Yeonsan-Dong and Geoje-Dong. Busan City Hall is located in Yeonje-gu.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Yeonje-gu is divided into 2 legal dong, which altogether comprise 13 administrative dong, as follows:

• Yeonsan-dong (9 administrative dong)
• Geoje-dong (4 administrative dong)

[edit] External links

• Yeonje-gu website (in english)

[edit] See also

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