Seo-gu, Busan

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Seo-gu
East coast of Seo-gu
Korean name
Hangul 서구 Hanja 西區 Revised Romanization Seo-gu McCune-Reischauer Sǒ-ku
Statistics
Area 13.67 km² (5.28 sq mi) Population (2006) 139,210 [1] Population density 10,183 /km² (26,370 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 14 administrative dong
Location map

Seo-gu (literally western gu) is a gu, or district, in south-west Busan, South Korea. Seo-gu covers a surface of 13.67 km² is home to about 140,000 people.

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

[edit] Administrative divisions

Seo-gu is divided into 8 legal dong, which altogether comprise 14 administrative dong, as follows:

• Dongdaesin-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Seodaesin-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Bumin-dong
• Ami-dong
• Chojang-dong
• Chungmu-dong
• Nambumin-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Amnam-dong

In 1998 Ami 1-dong and Ami 2-dong were merged. In 2003 Seondaesin 2-dong and Seondaesin 1-dong were merged.

[edit] Sister Cities

• Changhai, China

[edit] See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Seo-gu website (English)

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