Buk-gu, Busan

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.

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)

Sister cities

• Jiaozhou, China

See also

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

References

External links

• Buk-gu website (in English)