Buk_District,_Busan

Buk District, Busan

Buk District, Busan

Autonomous District in Yeongnam, South Korea

Buk District (literally north district) 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.

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Daedong-Hwamyeong Bridge
Gangbyeon Expressway

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions

Buk-gu is divided into 5 legal dong, which all together 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

Notable people from Buk District

  • Seungwoo (Real Name: Han Seung-woo, 한승우), singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and K-pop idol, member of K-pop boygroup Victon and former member of K-pop boygroup X1
  • Jungkook (Real Name: Jeon Jeong-guk, 전정국), K-pop idol, singer-songwriter, producer, main vocalist and lead dancer of BTS

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Welcome to Buk-gu". bsbukgu.go.kr. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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