Busan

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Busan
부산 (釜山)
Metropolitan city
Busan Metropolitan City
부산광역시
  transcription(s)
 • Hangul부산광역시
 • Hanja釜山廣域市
 • Revised RomanizationBusan-gwangyeoksi
 • McCune–ReischauerPusan-gwangyŏksi[1]
Haedong Yonggungsa
APEC House and Gwangalli
Nampo-dong
Sajik Baseball Stadium
Haeundae Beach
Gwangan Bridge
Flag of Busan
Flag
Official seal of Busan
Logo
Official logo of Busan
Wordmark
Map
Map
Coordinates: 35°10′48″N 129°04′30″E / 35.18000°N 129.07500°E / 35.18000; 129.07500
Country South Korea
RegionYeongnam
Districts16
Government
 • TypeMayor-Council
 • MayorPark Heong-joon (People Power)
 • BodyBusan Metropolitan Council
 • National Representation
 - National Assembly
18 / 299
6.0% (total seats)
18 / 245
7.3% (constituency seats)
List
Area
 • Metropolitan city770.04 km2 (297.31 sq mi)
Population
 (April 2024)
 • Metropolitan city3,343,903
 • Density4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
4,000,000[2]
 • Dialect
Gyeongsang
DemonymBusanian
GDP
[3]
 • Metropolitan cityKR₩ 104 trillion
US$ 83 billion (2022)
Area code(+82) 051
ISO 3166 codeKR-410
FlowerCamellia flower
FishMackerel
BirdSeagull
WebsiteOfficial website (English)
Korean name
Hangul
부산
Hanja
釜山
Revised RomanizationBusan
McCune–ReischauerPusan
Busan Metropolitan City
Hangul
부산광역시
Hanja
釜山廣域市
Revised RomanizationBusan-gwangyeoksi
McCune–ReischauerPusan-gwangyŏksi

Busan (Korean: 부산, pronounced [pusan]), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million inhabitants as of 2024.[4] Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world.[a] The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" (including Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, Daegu, and some of North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla) is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification.[6] As of 2019, Busan Port is the primary port in Korea and the world's sixth-largest container port.[7]

Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million.[8] The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong and the Suyeong Rivers, with mountains separating most of the districts. The Nakdong River is Korea's longest river and Busan's Haeundae Beach is also the country's largest.

Busan is a center for international conventions, hosting an APEC summit in 2005. It is also a center for sports tournaments in Korea, having hosted the 2002 Asian Games and FIFA World Cup. It is home to the world's largest department store, the Shinsegae Centum City.[9] Busan was added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a "City of Film" in December 2014.[10]

  1. ^ "Pusan-gwangyŏksi: South Korea". Geographical Names. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ 2022년 지역소득(잠정). www.kostat.go.kr. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ 공공데이터포털. data.busan.go.kr. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Cargo processed at Busan port dips 6.5 pct in Oct". Yonhap News Agency. 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  6. ^ Roberts, Toby; Williams, Ian; Preston, John (2021). "The Southampton system: A new universal standard approach for port-city classification". Maritime Policy & Management. 48 (4): 530–542. doi:10.1080/03088839.2020.1802785. S2CID 225502755.
  7. ^ "Port Logistics". Busan Metropolitan City. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  8. ^ Parilla, Alan Berube, Jesus Leal Trujillo, Tao Ran, and Joseph (22 January 2015). "Global Metro Monitor". Brookings. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Largest Department Store - Guinness World Records Blog post - Home of the Longest, Shortest, Fastest, Tallest facts and feats". Community.guinnessworldrecords.com. 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Busan city on UNESCO's Creative Cities Network main page". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.


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