Seo District, Busan

Seo District (literally west district) is a gu, or district, in south-west Busan, South Korea.

Seo

서구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja西區
 • Revised RomanizationSeo-gu
 • McCune-ReischauerSŏ-gu
Seo District and Namhang Bridge
CountrySouth Korea
RegionYeongnam
Provincial levelBusan
Administrative divisions14 administrative dong
Area
 • Total13.67 km2 (5.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2010[1])
 • Total116,600
 • Density8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
 • Dialect
Gyeongsang
WebsiteSeo District Office
Songdo Beach

Administrative divisions
Administrative divisions

Seo-gu is divided into 8 legal dong, which altogether comprise 14 administrative dong, as follows:

  • Dongdaesin-dong/East Daesin (3 administrative dong)
  • Seodaesin-dong/West Daesin (3 administrative dong)
  • Bumin-dong
  • Ami-dong
  • Chojang-dong
  • Chungmu-dong
  • Nambumin-dong/South Bumin (3 administrative dong)
  • Amnam-dong

In 1998 Ami 1-dong and Ami 2-dong were merged. In 2003 Seodaesin 2-dong and Seodaesin 1-dong were merged.

Politics

The area is represented in the National Assembly by the West District and East District Busan (South Korean Legislature Constituency)

Sister cities

See also

References
  1. Korean Statistical Information Service (Korean) > Population and Household > Census Result (2010) > Population by Administrative district, Sex and Age / Alien by Administrative district and Sex Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 2010-06-02.


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