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Busan
(Offeecially
Busan Metropolitan Ceety
), umwhile spelled
Pusan
[3]
(
Korean pronunciation:
[pusan]
) is
Sooth Korea
's seicont lairgest metropolis efter
Seoul
, wi a population o aroond 3.6 million.
[1]
It is the lairgest
port
ceety
in Sooth Korea an the fift lairgest port in the warld.
[4]
The ceety is locatit on the sootheastrenmaist tip o the Korean peninsula an faces the
Korea Strait
. The maist densely biggit up auries o the ceety are situatit in a nummer o nairae valleys atween the
Nakdong River
an Suyeong River, wi muntains separatin some o the destricts. Admeenistratively, it is designatit as a
Metropolitan Ceety
. The Busan metropolitan aurie is dividit intae 15 major admeenistrative destricts an a single coonty.
Twin touns an sister ceeties
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eedit
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]
Busan shares the teetle o
sister ceety
wi several coastal ceeties or provinces aroond the warld.
[5]
- ?
Kaohsiung
, Taiwan (1966)
- ?
Los Angeles
, USA (1967)
- ?
Shimonoseki
, Japan (1976)
- ?
Barcelona
, Spain (1983)
[6]
- ?
Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil (1985)
- ?
Vladivostok
, Roushie (1992)
- ?
Shanghai
, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1993)
- ?
Surabaya
, Republic o Indonesie (1994)
- ?
Victoria
, Australie state (1994)
- ?
Ho Chi Minh Ceety
, Vietnam (1995)
[7]
- ?
Tijuana
, Mexico (1995)
- ?
Auckland
, New Zealand (1996)
- ?
Valparaiso
, Chile (1999)
- ?
Montreal
, Canadae (2000)
- ?
Wastren Cape
, Sooth African province (2000)
- ?
Istanbul
, Turkey (2002)
- ?
Dubai
, Unitit Arab Emirates (2006)
- ?
Fukuoka
, Japan (2007)
- ?
Chicago
,
USA
(2007)
- ?
Saunt Petersburg
, Roushie (2008)
- ?
Phnom Penh
, Cambodie (2009)
- ?
Mumbai
, Indie (2009)
- ?
Thessaloniki
, Greece (2010)
- ?
Casablanca
, Morocco (2011)
- ?
Cebu Ceety
, Philippines (2011)
- -
Yangon
, Myanmar (2013)
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The Port o Busan an aw haes 6 sister ports (leetit in order o dates).
[8]
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