Seo District, Busan

Seo
서구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja 西區
 • Revised Romanization Seo-gu
 • McCune-Reischauer Sŏ-gu
Seo District and Namhang Bridge

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Country South Korea
Region Yeongnam
Provincial level Busan
Administrative divisions 14 administrative dong
Area
 • Total 13.67 km2 (5.28 sq mi)
Population (2010[1])
 • Total 116,600
 • Density 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
 • Dialect Gyeongsang
Website Seo District Office
Songdo Beach

Seo District (literally west district) is a gu, or district, in south-west Busan, South Korea.

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions

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

  • Dongdaesin-dong/East Daesin (3 administrative dong)
  • Seodaesin-dong/West Daesin (3 administrative dong)
  • Bumin-dong
  • Ami-dong
  • Chojang-dong
  • Chungmu-dong
  • Nambumin-dong/South Bumin (3 administrative dong)
  • Amnam-dong

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

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. ↑ Korean Statistical Information Service (Korean) > Population and Household > Census Result (2010) > Population by Administrative district, Sex and Age / Alien by Administrative district and Sex Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 2010-06-02.

Coordinates: 35°06′N 129°01′E / 35.10°N 129.02°E / 35.10; 129.02


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