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Buk-gu

Buk District is a gu in north-central , South Korea. The district is 39.37 square kilometers with a population of 275,773 as of 2023. It was established as a gu in 1978.
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  • Type: Borough with 276,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of Busan, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Buk District” and “Buk District, Busan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gupo and Gangseo Office.

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.

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

Metro station
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is a station on the Busan Metro Line 2 and Line 3 located in Deokcheon-dong, Buk District, Busan. The subname in parentheses is Busan Institute of Science and Technology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Busan and Hwamyeong-dong.

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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.

Buk-gu

Latitude
35.1969° or 35° 11′ 49″ north
Longitude
128.9902° or 128° 59′ 25″ east
Population
276,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8Q7C5XWR+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415145007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8616848
Wiki­data ID
Q50394
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Buk-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Buk-gu”
  • Chinese: “Buk Khu”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Dutch: “Buk-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Distrikto”
  • Estonian: “Buki linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Buki ringkond”
  • French: “district de Buk”
  • French: “District de Buk”
  • German: “Buk-gu”
  • Greek: “Μπουκ-γκου”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Buk, Busan”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Buk”
  • Italian: “Buk-gu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Buk”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Javanese: “Dhistrik Buk, Busan”
  • Korean: “Buk-gu”
  • Korean: “부산 북구”
  • Korean: “부산광역시 북구”
  • Korean: “부산시 북구”
  • Korean: “북구”
  • Malay: “Daerah Buk, Busan”
  • Malay: “Daerah Buk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Buk Khu”
  • Persian: “منطقه بوک”
  • Scots: “Buk-gu, Busan”
  • Scots: “Buk-gu”
  • Spanish: “Buk-gu”
  • Swedish: “Buk-gu, Busan”
  • Swedish: “Buk-gu”
  • Thai: “เขตพุก (ปูซาน)”
  • Thai: “เขตพุก”
  • Turkish: “Buk, Busan”
  • Urdu: “بوک ضلع، بوسان”
  • Vietnamese: “Buk-gu, Busan”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu Bắc”
  • Yue Chinese: “北區”
  • “Buk-gu”

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