Busan
Busan (Offeecially Busan Metropolitan Ceety), umwhile spelled Pusan[3] (Korean pronunciation: [pusan]) is Sooth Korea's seicont lairgest metropolis efter Seoul, wi a population o aroond 3.6 million.[1] It is the lairgest port ceety in Sooth Korea an the fift lairgest port in the warld.[4] The ceety is locatit on the sootheastrenmaist tip o the Korean peninsula an faces the Korea Strait. The maist densely biggit up auries o the ceety are situatit in a nummer o nairae valleys atween the Nakdong River an Suyeong River, wi muntains separatin some o the destricts. Admeenistratively, it is designatit as a Metropolitan Ceety. The Busan metropolitan aurie is dividit intae 15 major admeenistrative destricts an a single coonty.
Busan 부산 | |
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Metropolitan Ceety | |
Busan Metropolitan Ceety | |
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• Hangul | 부산광역시 |
• Hanja | 釜山廣域市 |
• Revised Romanization | Busan Gwangyeoksi |
• McCune-Reischauer | Pusan Kwangyŏksi |
Montage o Busan | |
Cairt o Sooth Korea wi Busan heichlichtit | |
Country | Sooth Korea |
Region | Yeongnam |
Districts | 15 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-Cooncil |
• Mayor | Huh Nam-Shik (Saenuri) |
• Cooncil | Busan Metropolitan Cooncil |
• Naitional Representation - Naitional Assembly | 18 / 299 6.0% (Tot Seats)18 / 245 7.3% (Constituency Seats)Leet
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Area | |
• Total | 767.35 km2 (296.28 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 3,614,950 |
• Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Postal code | 600-010, 619-963 |
Area code(s) | (+82) 051 |
Flouer | Camellia flouer |
Tree | Camellia |
Bird | Seagull |
Website | busan.go.kr (in Inglis) |
Internaitional relations
Twin touns an sister ceeties
Busan shares the teetle o sister ceety wi several coastal ceeties or provinces aroond the warld.[5]
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Friendship ceeties
- Shenzhen, Cheenae (2007)
- Tianjin, Cheenae (2007)
- Osaka, Japan (2008)
- Chongqing, Cheenae (2010)
- Bangkok, Thailand (2011)
Sister ports
The Port o Busan an aw haes 6 sister ports (leetit in order o dates).[8]
- – Port o Soothampton, Unitit Kinrick (1978)
- – Port o Seattle, USA (1981)
- – Port o Osaka, Japan (1985) [9]
- – Port o Rotterdam, Netherlands (1985)
- – Port o New York & New Jersey, USA (1988)
- – Port o Shanghai, Cheenae (1994)