South Korea
South Gyeongsang
Busan

Gangseo-gu

Gangseo District is a gu on the west side of in , South Korea. It has an area of 179.05 km2, and a population of about 66,000; it has a lower population density than of .
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  • Type: Borough with 143,000 residents
  • Description: district in Busan, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Gangseo District” and “Gangseo District, Busan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gupo and Pyeonggang.

Railway station
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station is a Korail station on the Gyeongbu Line, between and , located in northern , South Korea. It was opened on 1 January 1905, and is connected with the subway station on Busan Metro Line 3 via an overhead bridge, so passengers can transfer.

Railway station
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Station is a station of the BGLRT Line of Busan Metro. The station name comes from the nearest Pyeonggang-ro. The station is located at Daejeo-dong, Gangseo District, , .

Metro station
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Gangseo-gu Office Station is a station of the Busan Metro Line 3 in Daejeo-dong, Gangseo District, Busan, South Korea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Busan and Hwamyeong-dong.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
consists of the districts of Sasang-gu, Gangseo-gu and Saha-gu in the city of . This western part of the city is full of industrial parks leading to docks and the airport.

Quarter
Hwamyeong is a region in Buk-gu, northern , South Korea. It is situated along the east bank of the , and since 2003 has been divided into three dong, Hwamyeong 1, 2, and 3-dong.

Gangseo-gu

Latitude
35.212° or 35° 12′ 43″ north
Longitude
128.9805° or 128° 58′ 50″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8Q7C6X6J+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415145135
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8462812
Wiki­data ID
Q50191
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Gangseo-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gangseo-gu (munisipyo sa Habagatang Korea, Busan)”
  • Cebuano: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Chinese: “Gangseo Khu”
  • Chinese: “江西区”
  • Chinese: “江西區”
  • Dutch: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Estonian: “Gangseo ringkond”
  • Estonian: “Kangsŏ linnarajoon”
  • French: “Gangseo-gu”
  • German: “Gangseo-gu (Busan)”
  • German: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Greek: “Γκάνγκσο-γκου”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Gangseo, Busan”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Gangseo”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gangseo”
  • Italian: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Japanese: “江西区”
  • Japanese: “江西區”
  • Javanese: “Dhistrik Gangseo, Busan”
  • Korean: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Korean: “강서”
  • Korean: “강서구”
  • Korean: “부산 강서”
  • Korean: “부산 강서구”
  • Korean: “부산광역시 강서구”
  • Korean: “부산시 강서구”
  • Malay: “Daerah Gangseo, Busan”
  • Malay: “Daerah Gangseo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gangseo Khu”
  • Russian: “Кансогу”
  • Scots: “Gangseo-gu, Busan”
  • Scots: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Spanish: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Spanish: “Gangseo”
  • Swedish: “Gangseo-gu, Busan”
  • Swedish: “Gangseo-gu”
  • Turkish: “Gangseo, Busan”
  • Urdu: “گانگسیو ضلع، بوسان”
  • Vietnamese: “Gangseo-gu, Busan”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu Gangseo”
  • Yue Chinese: “江西區 (釜山)”

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Localities in the Area

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