Buk District (literally north district) is a district in northwestern Daegu, South Korea. It adjoins Chilgok County on the north. The area is 93.99 km². The population is about 444,923.

Buk 북구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	北區
• Revised Romanization	Buk-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Puk-ku
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Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Daegu
Administrative divisions	23 administrative dong
Area
• Total	93.99 km2 (36.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	441,642
• Density	4,699/km2 (12,170/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Buk District Office

Buk-gu was first created as an office of Daegu in 1938, during the period of Japanese rule. It was raised to the status of a district in 1963. For most of the twentieth century, Buk-gu was purely an administrative division of Daegu, without any local autonomy. The first district council was inaugurated in 1991, and the first district head was elected in 1995, as part of nationwide local government reforms.

Kyungpook National University and Yeungjin College are located in Buk-gu.

Library

Bukbu Library is municipal library that is located in Buk-gu. The library opened 24 November 1983. The number of books is total 250,956; that of papers is 31,997.

See also

• Subdivisions of South Korea
• Kyungpook National University Museum

Notes

1. ^ "History". Buk-gu government website. Retrieved 2006-02-07.

External links

• Buk-gu homepage (in English)

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