Nam-gu, Busan

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. Nam-gu offeecially became a gu o Busan in 1975. In 1995 pairt o Nam-gu wis dividit tae shape Suyeong-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

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.

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. 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.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Nam-gu is dividit intae 6 legal dong, which aathegither comprise 19 admeenistrative dong, as follaes:

• Daeyeon-dong (6 admeenistrative dong)
• Yongho-dong (4 admeenistrative dong)
• Yongdang-dong
• Gamman-dong (2 admeenistrative dong)
• Wuam-dong (2 admeenistrative dong)
• Munhyeon-dong (4 admeenistrative dong)

Eddication

Unitit Naitions Memorial Cemetery which is in the Nam Destrict

A nummer o institutions o heicher education, includin 6 varsities, are locatit in Nam-gu. It includes Pusan Varsity o Foreign Studies, Kyungsung Varsity, Tongmyong Varsity, an Pukyong Naitional Varsity. It is hame tae the Unitit Naitions Memorial Cemetery an aw.

Varsities wi graduate schuils

• Pusan Varsity o Foreign Studies (PUFS)
• Pukyong Naitional Varsity (PKNU)
• Kyungsung Varsity
• Tongmyong Varsity

Ither institutes o heicher eddication

• Busan Airts College
• Korea Institute o Maritime an Fisheries Technology

Sister ceety

• Qinhuangdao, Cheenae

See an aw

• Geografie o Sooth Korea
• Subdiveesions o Sooth Korea

Freemit airtins

• Nam-gu wabsteid Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
• Central Busan travel guide frae Wikivoyage