# Busan

| Busan 부산 |
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| Metropolitan Ceety |
| Busan Metropolitan Ceety |
|   transcription(s) |
|  • Hangul | 부산광역시 |
|  • Hanja | 釜山廣域市 |
|  • Revised Romanization | Busan Gwangyeoksi |
|  • McCune-Reischauer | Pusan Kwangyŏksi |
| Montage o Busan |
| Emblem o Busan |
| Cairt o Sooth Korea wi Busan heichlichtit |
| Country |  Sooth Korea |
| Region | Yeongnam |
| Districts | 15 |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Mayor-Cooncil |
|  • Mayor | Huh Nam-Shik (Saenuri) |
|  • Cooncil | Busan Metropolitan Cooncil |
|  • Naitional Representation  - Naitional Assembly | 18 / 299 6.0% (Tot Seats) 18 / 2457.3% (Constituency Seats)
Leet
* Park Minshik (Saenuri) Buk-guGangseo-gu Gap destrict
* Huh Tae Yeol (Saenuri) Buk-guGangseo-gu Eul destrict
* Hur Won Je (Saenuri) Busanjin-gu Gap destrict
* Lee Jong Heuk (Saenuri) Busanjin-gu Eul destrict
* Lee Jin Bok (Saenuri) Dongnae-gu destrict
* Kim Se Yeon (Saenuri) Geumjeong-gu destrict
* Suh Byung Soo (Saenuri) Haeundae-guGijang-gun Gap destrict
* An Kyung Ryul (Saenuri) Haeundae-guGijang-gun Eul destrict
* Chung Ui-Hwa (Saenuri) Jung-guDong-gu destrict
* Kim Jung Hoon (Saenuri) Nam-gu Gap destrict
* Kim Moo Sung (Saenuri) Nam-gu Eul destrict
* Hyun Ki Hwan (Saenuri) Saha-gu Gap destrict
* Cho Kyoung Tae Democratic United Saha-gu Eul destrict
* Chang Je Won (Saenuri) Sasang-gu destrict
* Yoo Kijune (Saenuri) Seo-gu destrict
* Yoo Jae Jung (Saenuri) Suyeong-gu destrict
* Kim Hyong-O (Saenuri) Yeongdo-gu destrict
* Park Dae Hae (Saenuri) Yeonje-gu destrict
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| Area |
|  • Total | 767.35 km2 (296.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) |
|  • Total | 3,614,950 |
|  • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
|  • Dialect | Gyeongsang |
| Postal code | 600-010, 619-963 |
| Area code(s) | (+82) 051 |
| Flouer | Camellia flouer |
| Tree | Camellia |
| Bird | Seagull |
| Website | busan.go.kr (in Inglis) |

**Busan** (Offeecially **Busan Metropolitan Ceety**), umwhile spelled **Pusan** (Korean pronunciation: [pusan]) is Sooth Korea's seicont lairgest metropolis efter Seoul, wi a population o aroond 3.6 million. It is the lairgest port ceety in Sooth Korea an the fift lairgest port in the warld. The ceety is locatit on the sootheastrenmaist tip o the Korean peninsula an faces the Korea Strait. The maist densely biggit up auries o the ceety are situatit in a nummer o nairae 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.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister ceeties

Busan shares the teetle o sister ceety wi several coastal ceeties or provinces aroond the warld.

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| * – Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1966)
* – Los Angeles, USA (1967)
* – Shimonoseki, Japan (1976)
* – Barcelona, Spain (1983)
* – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1985)
* – Vladivostok, Roushie (1992)
* – Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1993)
* – Surabaya, Republic o Indonesie (1994)
* – Victoria, Australie state (1994)
* – Ho Chi Minh Ceety, Vietnam (1995)
* – Tijuana, Mexico (1995)
* – Auckland, New Zealand (1996)
* – Valparaíso, Chile (1999)
* – Montreal, Canadae (2000)
* – Wastren Cape, Sooth African province (2000)
* – Istanbul, Turkey (2002)
* – Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates (2006)
* – Fukuoka, Japan (2007)
* – Chicago, USA (2007)
* – Saunt Petersburg, Roushie (2008)
* – Phnom Penh, Cambodie (2009)
* – Mumbai, Indie (2009)
* – Thessaloniki, Greece (2010)
* – Casablanca, Morocco (2011)
* – Cebu Ceety, Philippines (2011)
* - Yangon, Myanmar (2013)
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### Friendship ceeties

* Shenzhen, Cheenae (2007)
* Tianjin, Cheenae (2007)
* Osaka, Japan (2008)
* Chongqing, Cheenae (2010)
* Bangkok, Thailand (2011)

### Sister ports

The Port o Busan an aw haes 6 sister ports (leetit in order o dates).

* – Port o Soothampton, Unitit Kinrick (1978)
* – Port o Seattle, USA (1981)
* – Port o Osaka, Japan (1985)
* – Port o Rotterdam, Netherlands (1985)
* – Port o New York & New Jersey, USA (1988)
* – Port o Shanghai, Cheenae (1994)