Gangseo-gu, Busan

Gangseo-gu (leeterally wast o river destrict) is a gu on the wast side o Nakdong River in Busan, Sooth Korea. It haes a aurie o 179.05 km², an a population o aboot 66,000; it haes a lawer population density than Gijang Coonty o Busan. Gangseo-gu wis pairt o Buk-gu frae its creation in 1978, up till 1989 when it became a unthirlt gu.

Gangseo-gu 강서구
Destrict
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	江西區
• Revised Romanization	Gangseo-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Kangsǒ-ku
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Admeenistrative diveesions	7 admeenistrative dong
Area
• Total	179.05 km2 (69.13 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	66,295
• Density	370.3/km2 (959/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Gangseo Destrict Office

Gangseo-gu is the wastmaist gu in Busan an it shares a common borders wi Gimhae on its north-wast side an Jinhae-gu, Changwon on its sooth-wast side.

Gangseo-gu is the birthplace o the Gaya ceevilization.

Gimhae Internaitional Airport, Heungguk Temple, Myeongwol Temple, as well as the Eulsukdo bird sanctuar are locatit in Gangseo-gu.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Gangseo-gu is dividit intae 22 legal dong. They hae been groupit thegither tae frae anerly 7 admeenistrative dong, as follaes:

• Daejeo 1-dong
• Daejeo 2-dong
• Gangdong-dong
• Myeongji-dong
• Garak-dong (4 legal dong)
  • Jukrim-dong, Bongnim-dong, Sikman-dong, Jukdong-dong
• Noksan-dong (9 legal dong)
  • Songjeong-dong, Hwajeon-dong, Noksan-dong, Saenggok-dong, Gurang-dong, Jisa-dong, Mieum-dong, Sinho-dong
• Cheonga-dong (5 legal dong)
  • Dongseon-dong, Seongbuk-dong, Nulcha-dong, Cheonseong-dong, Daehang-dong

See an aw

• Let o Korea-relatit topics
• Geografie o Sooth Korea

Freemit airtins

• Gangseo-gu wabsteid Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)