Busan

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.

Busan 부산
Metropolitan Ceety
Busan Metropolitan Ceety
transcription(s)
• Hangul	부산광역시
• Hanja	釜山廣域市
• Revised Romanization	Busan Gwangyeoksi
• McCune-Reischauer	Pusan Kwangyŏksi
Montage o Busan
Emblem o Busan
Cairt o Sooth Korea wi Busan heichlichtit
Country	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) Leet Park Minshik (Saenuri) Buk-guGangseo-gu Gap destrict Huh Tae Yeol (Saenuri) Buk-guGangseo-gu Eul destrict Hur Won Je (Saenuri) Busanjin-gu Gap destrict Lee Jong Heuk (Saenuri) Busanjin-gu Eul destrict Lee Jin Bok (Saenuri) Dongnae-gu destrict Kim Se Yeon (Saenuri) Geumjeong-gu destrict Suh Byung Soo (Saenuri) Haeundae-guGijang-gun Gap destrict An Kyung Ryul (Saenuri) Haeundae-guGijang-gun Eul destrict Chung Ui-Hwa (Saenuri) Jung-guDong-gu destrict Kim Jung Hoon (Saenuri) Nam-gu Gap destrict Kim Moo Sung (Saenuri) Nam-gu Eul destrict Hyun Ki Hwan (Saenuri) Saha-gu Gap destrict Cho Kyoung Tae Democratic United Saha-gu Eul destrict Chang Je Won (Saenuri) Sasang-gu destrict Yoo Kijune (Saenuri) Seo-gu destrict Yoo Jae Jung (Saenuri) Suyeong-gu destrict Kim Hyong-O (Saenuri) Yeongdo-gu destrict Park Dae Hae (Saenuri) Yeonje-gu destrict
Area [1]
• Total	767.35 km2 (296.28 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	3,614,950
• Density	4,700/km2 (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)

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Sooth Korea

Twin touns an sister ceeties

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

– Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1966) – Los Angeles, USA (1967) – Shimonoseki, Japan (1976) – Barcelona, Spain (1983)[6] – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1985) – Vladivostok, Roushie (1992) – Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1993) – Surabaya, Republic o Indonesie (1994) – Victoria, Australie state (1994) – Ho Chi Minh Ceety, Vietnam (1995)[7] – Tijuana, Mexico (1995) – Auckland, New Zealand (1996) – Valparaíso, Chile (1999) – Montreal, Canadae (2000) – Wastren Cape, Sooth African province (2000) – Istanbul, Turkey (2002) – Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates (2006) – Fukuoka, Japan (2007) – Chicago, USA (2007) – Saunt Petersburg, Roushie (2008) – Phnom Penh, Cambodie (2009) – Mumbai, Indie (2009) – Thessaloniki, Greece (2010) – Casablanca, Morocco (2011) – Cebu Ceety, Philippines (2011) - Yangon, Myanmar (2013)

Friendship ceeties

• Shenzhen, Cheenae (2007)
• Tianjin, Cheenae (2007)
• Osaka, Japan (2008)
• Chongqing, Cheenae (2010)
• Bangkok, Thailand (2011)

Sister ports

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

• – Port o Soothampton, Unitit Kinrick (1978)
• – Port o Seattle, USA (1981)
• – Port o Osaka, Japan (1985) ^[9]
• – Port o Rotterdam, Netherlands (1985)
• – Port o New York & New Jersey, USA (1988)
• – Port o Shanghai, Cheenae (1994)