Busan
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| Busan 부산 |
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| — Metropolitan Ceety — | |||
| Busan Metropolitan Ceety | |||
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| - Hangul | 부산광역시 | ||
| - Hanja | 釜山廣域市 | ||
| - Revised Romanization | Busan Gwangyeoksi | ||
| - McCune-Reischauer | Pusan Kwangyŏksi | ||
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| Country |  Sooth Korea |
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| Region | Yeongnam | ||
| Districts | 15 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Mayor | Huh Nam-Shik (Saenuri) | ||
| - Cooncil | Busan Metropolitan Cooncil | ||
| - Naitional Representation - Naitional Assembly |
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| Aurie[1] | |||
| - Tot | 767.35 km2 (296.3 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2010)[2] | |||
| - Tot | 3,614,950 | ||
| - Densitie | 4,711/km2 (12,201.3/sq mi) | ||
| - Dialect | Gyeongsang | ||
| Postal code | 600-010, 619-963 | ||
| Aurie code(s) | (+82) 051 | ||
| Flouer | Camellia flouer | ||
| Tree | Camellia | ||
| Bird | Seagull | ||
| Wabsteid | busan.go.kr (Inglis) | ||
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 Soooth 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 built up auries o the ceety are situatit in a number o narrow 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.
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Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns an sister ceeties [edit]
Busan shares the teetle o sister ceety wi several coastal ceeties or provinces aroond the warld.[5]
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Friendship ceeties [edit]
Shenzhen, Cheenae (2007)- Tianjin, Cheenae (2007)
Osaka, Japan (2008)- Chongqing, Cheenae (2010)
Bangkok, Thailand (2011)
Sister ports [edit]
The Port o Busan also 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)
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Busan: Population and area of Administrative units. Dynamic Busan: Busan Metropolitan City. Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2010. .
- ↑ Korean Statistical Information Service (Korean) > Population and Household > Census Result (2010) > Population by Administrative district, Sex and Age / Alien by Administrative district and Sex, Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ This romanization o the ceety's name is in McCune-Reischauer. It wis uised prior tae the offeecial adoption o the Revised Romanization bi the Sooth Korean Government in 2000.
- ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ah2Znx0vQ580 Empty Containers Clog Busan Port as Trade Slumps, bloomberg.com - March 3, 2009 02:12 EST
- ↑ List of Busan's sister cities, Busan Metropolitan City; (Inglis) [1], (Korean) [2]
- ↑ Barcelona internacional – Ciutats agermanades (Spanish). © 2006–2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved on 13 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ CÁC ĐỊA PHƯƠNG NƯỚC NGOÀI ĐÃ THIẾT LẬP QUAN HỆ HỮU NGHỊ HỢP TÁC VỚI TPHCM. mofahcm.gov.vn (October 9, 2010). Retrieved on 8 Januar 2011. .
- ↑ Port of Busan, Sister Ports, Busan
- ↑ http://www.city.osaka.jp/port/e_17_sister.html
