Buk-gu

Buk District is a gu, or district, in north central , South Korea. It stretches roughly from the Ring Road to Mohwa into the north and out to the coast in the east.
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  • Type: Borough with 217,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of Ulsan, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Buk District” and “Buk District, Ulsan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ulsan Airport and Ulsan Stadium.

Aerodrome
is an airport in , . In 2018, 817,341 passengers used the airport.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium located in Ulsan Sports Complex, , South Korea. Originally, Ulsan Civic Stadium, which had opened in 1970, occupied the same location.

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Ulsan Castle is a Japanese style castle in , which was constructed during the Japanese invasions of Korea by Katō Kiyomasa's army. Today, Ulsan Castle is almost ruined by the city planning of Ulsan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samsan-dong and Dal-dong.

Quarter
is a dong, or neighborhood, of in , . Samsan literally translates as "three mountains". It is Ulsan's downtown area.

Quarter
is a dong, or neighborhood, of , South Korea.

Buk-gu

Latitude
35.5826° or 35° 34′ 57″ north
Longitude
129.3604° or 129° 21′ 37″ east
Population
217,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8Q7FH9M6+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415150467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8605100
Wiki­data ID
Q50395
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Buk-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Buk-gu”
  • Chinese: “Buk Khu”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Dutch: “Buk District”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Distrikto”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Μπουκ”
  • Greek: “Μπουκ-γκου”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Buk, Ulsan”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Buk”
  • Italian: “Buk-gu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Buk”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Korean: “Buk-gu”
  • Korean: “북구”
  • Malayalam: “ബുക്ക് ജില്ല”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Buk Khu”
  • Spanish: “Buk-gu”
  • Spanish: “Buk”
  • Swedish: “Buk-gu, Ulsan”
  • Swedish: “Buk-gu”
  • Turkish: “Buk, Ulsan”
  • Urdu: “بوک ضلع، السان”
  • “Buk-gu”

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