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.

Buk 북구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	北區
• Revised Romanization	Buk-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Puk-ku
Hwamyeong High School and surrounding apartments
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Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	13 administrative dong
Area
• Total	38.30 km2 (14.79 sq mi)
Population  (2005[1])
• Total	336,753
• Density	8,793/km2 (22,770/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Buk District Office

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

• Jiaozhou, China

Notable people from Buk District

• Seungwoo (Real Name: Han Seung-woo, Hangul: 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, Hangul: 전정국), K-pop idol, singer-songwriter, producer, main vocalist and lead dancer of BTS

See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

References

External links

• Buk-gu website (in English)

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