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South Gyeongsang

Busan

Busan is a large port city located in the south-eastern province of , . It is the country's second city with beautiful beaches, mountains, spas, and renowned seafood.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Suyeong and North Busan.

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is a vibrant coastal district in the east of Busan. While its famous neighbor Haeundae is known for upscale hotels, is arguably Busan's most popular local playground, centered around the iconic Gwangalli Beach.

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comprises of the districts of Buk-gu, Dongnae-gu and Geumjeong-gu in Busan. Easy to overlook, the north part of the city has fewer tourist attractions and is more sparsely populated.

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consists of the districts of Sasang-gu, Gangseo-gu and Saha-gu in the city of Busan. This western part of the city is full of industrial parks leading to docks and the airport.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Haeundae and Central Busan.

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is a district in the east of Busan and a tourist hotspot. It is home to the nationally-renowned Beach, and the quieter but equally impressive Songjeong Beach.

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consists of the districts of Dong-gu, Jung-gu, Seo-gu, Nam-gu and Busanjin-gu. This is the old town of Busan with a lot of post-war buildings, large docks and atmosphere. The place to go see the heritage of the city.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bujeon and Sajik Baseball Stadium.

Railway station
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station is a train station in Seomyeon, Busan, South Korea. The station is the terminus of the Donghae Line and the Line. In addition, KTX trains on the Gyeongbu Line are planned to stop at the station.

Stadium
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The is a baseball in Sajik-dong, Dongnae-gu, Busan, . It was built in 1985 and is the home stadium of KBO club Lotte Giants.

Stadium
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The is an indoor sporting arena located in Busan, South Korea. Built in 1985, the seating capacity of the arena is 14,099. Until 2021, it was the home arena of the Busan KT Sonicboom basketball team.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dong-gu and Jangjeon-dong.

Suburb
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Dong District is a gu in central Busan, South Korea. It was one of the first 6 gu of Busan established in 1957. Busan Station is located in . has a status of sister localities with , and Zhifu District, Yantai City, .

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Jangjeon is a dong in , Busan, South Korea. A heavily populated district, it is situated between the slopes of and the valley of Oncheoncheon.

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is a dong in , Busan, . It is divided into two administrative dong, Allak 1-dong and Allak 2-dong. The total area is 2.31 km2, with a population of 18,560.

Busan

Latitude
35.18° or 35° 10′ 48″ north
Longitude
129.0752° or 129° 4′ 31″ east
Population
3,460,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
PUS
United Nations Location Code
KR PUS
Open location code
8Q7F53HG+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358015143
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1838524
Wiki­data ID
Q16520
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Busan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Busan”
  • Afrikaans: “Busan”
  • Albanian: “Busan”
  • Amharic: “ቡሳን”
  • Arabic: “بسان”
  • Arabic: “بوسان”
  • Armenian: “Բուսան”
  • Armenian: “Պուսան”
  • Asturian: “Busan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Busan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pusan”
  • Balinese: “Busan”
  • Bashkir: “Пусан”
  • Basque: “Busan”
  • Belarusian: “Пусан”
  • Bengali: “বুসান”
  • Bislama: “Busan”
  • Breton: “Busan”
  • Breton: “Pusan”
  • Bulgarian: “Пусан”
  • Burmese: “ဘူဆန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Busan”
  • Catalan: “Pusan”
  • Cebuano: “Busan (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Busan (lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Busan”
  • Central Bikol: “Busan”
  • Central Kurdish: “بوسان”
  • Chechen: “Пусан”
  • Chinese: “Busan Kóng-he̍k-chhī”
  • Chinese: “釜山”
  • Chinese: “釜山市”
  • Chinese: “釜山广域市”
  • Chinese: “釜山廣域市”
  • Croatian: “Busan”
  • Czech: “Pusan”
  • Danish: “Busan”
  • Dutch: “Busan”
  • Dutch: “Pusan”
  • Eastern Mari: “Пусан”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوسان”
  • Esperanto: “Busan”
  • Esperanto: “Busano”
  • Esperanto: “Pusano”
  • Estonian: “Busan”
  • Estonian: “Pusan”
  • Finnish: “Busan”
  • French: “Busan”
  • French: “Pusan”
  • French: “Pusang”
  • French: “Ville métropolitaine de Busan”
  • Galician: “Busan”
  • Georgian: “პუსანი”
  • German: “Busan”
  • Greek: “Μπουσάν”
  • Greek: “Μπούσαν”
  • Greek: “Πουσάν”
  • Gujarati: “બુસાન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Busan”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Fú-sân”
  • Hausa: “Busan”
  • Hebrew: “בוסאן”
  • Hebrew: “בוסן”
  • Hebrew: “פוסאן”
  • Hebrew: “פוסן”
  • Hindi: “बुसान”
  • Hungarian: “Puszan”
  • Iban: “Busan”
  • Icelandic: “Busan”
  • Ido: “Busan”
  • Igala: “Pusan”
  • Indonesian: “Busan”
  • Interlingue: “Busan”
  • Irish: “Busan”
  • Italian: “Busan”
  • Italian: “Pusan”
  • Japanese: “プサン”
  • Japanese: “プサン市”
  • Japanese: “釜山”
  • Japanese: “釜山市”
  • Japanese: “釜山広域市”
  • Javanese: “Busan”
  • Kalaallisut: “Busan”
  • Kannada: “ಬುಸಾನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Pusan”
  • Kashmiri: “بُسان”
  • Kashmiri: “پُسان”
  • Kazakh: “Пусан”
  • Khmer: “ប៊ូសាន”
  • Kirghiz: “Пусан”
  • Korean: “부산”
  • Korean: “부산광역시”
  • Korean: “부산시”
  • Lao: “ປູຊານ”
  • Latin: “Busan”
  • Latin: “Busanum”
  • Latin: “Pusanum”
  • Latvian: “Pusana”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Busan”
  • Literary Chinese: “釜山”
  • Lithuanian: “Busanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pusanas”
  • Lombard: “Busan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Busan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fusan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pusan”
  • Macedonian: “Пусан”
  • Malagasy: “Busan”
  • Malay: “Busan”
  • Malayalam: “പുസാൻ”
  • Malayalam: “ബുസാൻ”
  • Maltese: “Busan”
  • Maori: “Busan”
  • Marathi: “बुसान”
  • Mazanderani: “بوسان”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “بوسان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Busan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hú-san Kóng-e̍k-chhī”
  • Mingrelian: “პუსანი”
  • Moksha: “Пусан”
  • Mongolian: “Пүсан”
  • Mongolian: “Пүсань”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “عين السبع”
  • Northern Frisian: “Busan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Busan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pusan”
  • Norwegian: “Busan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Busan”
  • Ossetian: “Пусан”
  • Pampanga: “Busan”
  • Pampanga: “Pusan”
  • Pampanga: “부산”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੂਸਾਨ”
  • Persian: “بوسان”
  • Persian: “پوسان”
  • Polish: “Busan”
  • Polish: “Pusan”
  • Portuguese: “Busan”
  • Portuguese: “Pusan”
  • Quechua: “Busan”
  • Romanian: “Busan”
  • Russia Buriat: “Пусан”
  • Russian: “Пусан”
  • Scots: “Busan Metropolitan Ceety”
  • Scots: “Busan”
  • Scots: “Pusan”
  • Serbian: “Бусан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Busan”
  • Silesian: “Pusan”
  • Sindhi: “بوسان”
  • Sinhala: “බුසාන්”
  • Slovak: “Pusan”
  • Slovenian: “Pusan”
  • Spanish: “Busan”
  • Spanish: “Busán”
  • Spanish: “Pusan”
  • Sundanese: “Busan”
  • Swahili: “Busan”
  • Swedish: “Busan”
  • Swedish: “Pusan”
  • Tagalog: “Busan”
  • Tagalog: “Pusan”
  • Tagalog: “부산”
  • Tajik: “Бусон”
  • Tajik: “Пусон”
  • Tamil: “புசான்”
  • Tatar: “Pusan”
  • Tatar: “Пусан”
  • Telugu: “బుసాన్”
  • Thai: “ปูซาน”
  • Tok Pisin: “Busan”
  • Turkish: “Busan”
  • Turkish: “Pusan”
  • Ukrainian: “Пусан”
  • Urdu: “بوسان”
  • Uzbek: “Busan”
  • Uzbek: “Pusan”
  • Veps: “Pusan”
  • Vietnamese: “Busan”
  • Vietnamese: “Phủ San”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Busan”
  • Welsh: “Busan”
  • Western Panjabi: “بسان”
  • Wu Chinese: “釜山市”
  • Wu Chinese: “釜山广域市”
  • Yakut: “Пусан”
  • Yue Chinese: “釜山”
  • “ma tomo Pusan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Busan”. Photo: Andrewssi2, CC BY-SA 3.0.