Dong District, Busan

Dong District (literally east district) is a gu in central Busan, South Korea. It was one of the first 6 gu of Busan established in 1957.

Dong

동구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja東區
 • Revised RomanizationDong-gu
 • McCune-ReischauerTong-ku
CountrySouth Korea
RegionYeongnam
Provincial levelBusan
Administrative divisions17 administrative dong
Area
 • Total9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2005[1])
 • Total109,879
 • Dialect
Gyeongsang
WebsiteDong District Office

Busan Station is located in Dong-gu.

Dong-gu has a status of sister localities with Gwangsan-gu in Gwangju and Zhifu District in Yantai City, China.

Administrative divisions
Administrative divisions

Dong-gu is divided into 4 legal dong, which altogether comprise 17 administrative dong, as follows:

  • Choryang-dong (5 administrative dong)
  • Sujeong-dong (5 administrative dong)
  • Jwacheon-dong (2 administrative dong)
  • Beomil-dong (5 administrative dong)

Politics

The area is represented in the National Assembly by the West District and East District Busan (South Korean Legislature Constituency)

Education

International schools include:

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gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix
gollark: What about consistency with all other SI prefixes?
gollark: No, it's 72.whatever gibibytes, not gigabytes.
gollark: No, it is at least 150GB; 1 char and 1 newline per line.

See also

References
  1. "Welcome to Busan Dong-Gu District Office". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-07-06.
  2. "Foreign Schools in Busan." Busan Metropolitan City. Retrieved on January 13, 2019.


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