Busanjin District

Busanjin

부산진구
Busanjin 부산진구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	釜山鎭區
• Revised Romanization	Busanjin-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Pusanjin-ku
	Flag
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	20 administrative dong
Area
• Total	29.7 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	407,910
• Density	13,880/km2 (35,900/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Busanjin District Office

Seomyeon

Dong-eui University

Buildings of Seomyeon

Busanjin District is a gu in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 29.7 km², and a population of about 410,000. The name is sometimes abbreviated locally as "Jin-gu". Busanjin-gu is home to a major shopping, entertainment, and business area called Seomyeon.

Administrative divisions[]

Administrative divisions

Busanjin-gu is divided into 11 legal dong, which altogether comprise 20 administrative dong, as follows:

(釜田洞) (2 administrative dong)
(凡田洞) (part of the administrative Bujeon 1(il)-dong)
(蓮池洞)
(草邑洞)
(楊亭洞) (2 administrative dong)
(田浦洞) (2 administrative dong)
(釜岩洞) (2 administrative dong)
(堂甘洞) (3 administrative dong)
(伽倻洞) (2 administrative dong)
(開琴洞) (3 administrative dong)
(凡川洞) (2 administrative dong)

Politics[]

The northern part of Busanjin is represented by and the southern part of Busanjin is represented by

Economy[]

Air Busan has its headquarters in Busanjin-gu.^[2]
Daewoo Bus Corporation has the Busan Plant located.^[3]
Busan Citizens Park (formerly Camp Hialeah) is a former Imperial Japanese Army base and United States Army camp located in the district.

Cityscape[]

References[]

^ "General Statistics." Busanjin-gu. September 28, 2007. Retrieved on February 14, 2010.
^ "info_person.html^{[permanent dead link]}." Air Busan. Retrieved on February 14, 2010. "614-020 부산시 부산진구 범천동 853 1번지 6층 대표전화 051-410-0804,0806."
^ Busan Plant Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine