Nam-gu, Busan

Nam-gu
Nam-gu; 남구
	Destrict
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	南區
• Revised Romanization	Nam-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Nam-ku
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Admeenistrative diveesions	19 admeenistrative dong
Area
• Total	25.91 km2 (10.00 sq mi)
Population ()
• Total	229,563
• Density	8,900/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Nam Destrict Office

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Nam-gu (leeterally sooth destrict) is a gu, or district, in sooth central Busan, Sooth Korea. Hintle o Nam-gu sticks oot intae the Sea o Japan (East Sea), shapin a peninsula which separates Suyeong Bay frae Busan Harbor. It haes a aurie o 25.91 km².^[2] Nam-gu offeecially became a gu o Busan in 1975. In 1995 pairt o Nam-gu wis dividit tae shape Suyeong-gu.

Demographics

Nam-gu is hame tae some 300,000 fowk, for a population density exceedin 11,000 per square kilometre. Less nor 1,000 o its inhabitants are nan-Korean.^[3]

Busan Subwey

The Busan Subwey (line 2) passes throu Nam-gu, whaur an interchynge connects it tae the heich-gate leadin tae the Gwangan Brig. Fower subwey stations alang Busan Subwey (line 2) are locatit Nam-gu, goin frae Kyungsung Varsity · Pukyong Naitional Varsity Station tae Jigegol Station.

Geografie

Nam-gu conteens a total o 7 islands, aw uninhabitit, wi a total aurie o anerly 0.3 km².^[4] Amang these are the Oryukdo islets which mark the entrance tae Busan Harbor. The heichest point o Nam-gu lees inland: the peak o Hwangnyeongsan, at 427 metres abuin sea level. Hwangnyeong-san marks the point whaur Nam-gu's borders meet those o Yeonje-gu an Busanjin-gu an aw.