Busan

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Busan

釜山
Busan Metropolitan Ceety
  transcription(s)
 ?  Hangul 釜山
 ?  Hanja
 ?  Revised Romanization Busan Gwangyeoksi
 ?  McCune-Reischauer Pusan Kwangy?ksi
Montage o Busan
Montage o Busan
Official logo of Busan
Emblem o Busan
Cairt o Sooth Korea wi Busan heichlichtit
Cairt o Sooth Korea wi Busan heichlichtit
Country Korea Sooth Korea
Region Yeongnam
Districts 15
Govrenment
 ? Teep Mayor-Cooncil
 ? Mayor Huh Nam-Shik ( Saenuri )
 ? Cooncil Busan Metropolitan Cooncil
 ? Naitional Representation
 -  Naitional Assembly
18 / 299
6.0% (Tot Seats)
18 / 245
7.3% (Constituency Seats)
Area
 ? Total 767.35 km 2 (296.28 sq mi)
Population
  (2010) [2]
 ? Total 3,614,950
 ? Density 4,700/km 2 (12,000/sq mi)
 ? Dialect
Gyeongsang
Postal code
600-010, 619-963
Area code(s) (+82) 051
Flouer Camellia flouer
Tree Camellia
Bird Seagull
Website busan.go.kr (in Inglis)

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.

Internaitional relations [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Twin touns an sister ceeties [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Busan shares the teetle o sister ceety wi several coastal ceeties or provinces aroond the warld. [5]

Friendship ceeties [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Sister ports [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

The Port o Busan an aw haes 6 sister ports (leetit in order o dates). [8]

References [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

  1. a b "Busan: Population and area of Administrative units" . Dynamic Busan: Busan Metropolitan City . Retrieved 24 Mairch 2010 .
  2. Korean Statistical Information Service (Korean) > Population and Household > Census Result (2010) > Population by Administrative district, Sex and Age / Alien by Administrative district and Sex Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  3. This romanization o the ceety's name is in McCune-Reischauer . It wis uised prior tae the offeecial adoption o the Revised Romanization bi the Sooth Korean Government in 2000.
  4. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ah2Znx0vQ580 Empty Containers Clog Busan Port as Trade Slumps, bloomberg.com - March 3, 2009 02:12 EST
  5. List of Busan's sister cities, Busan Metropolitan City; (in Inglis) [1] , (in Korean) [2]
  6. "Barcelona internacional ? Ciutats agermanades" (in Spanish). ⓒ 2006?2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona . Archived frae the original on 27 November 2012 . Retrieved 13 Julie 2009 . freemit airtin in |publisher= ( help ) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid ( link )
  7. "CAC đ?A PH??NG N??C NGOAI đA THI?T L?P QUAN H? H?U NGH? H?P TAC V?I TPHCM" . mofahcm.gov.vn. 9 October 2010. Archived frae the original on 26 September 2015 . Retrieved 8 Januar 2011 .
  8. Port of Busan , Sister Ports, Busan
  9. http://www.city.osaka.jp/port/e_17_sister.html Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine