Busan

Busan (Offeecially Busan Metropolitan Ceety), umwhile spelled PusanThis 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. ()  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.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 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.List of Busan's sister cities, Busan Metropolitan City;  ,  

 – 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)

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 of Busan, Sister Ports, Busan
 – Port o Soothampton, Unitit Kinrick (1978)
 – Port o Seattle, USA (1981)
 – Port o Osaka, Japan (1985) http://www.city.osaka.jp/port/e_17_sister.html 
 – Port o Rotterdam, Netherlands (1985)
 – Port o New York & New Jersey, USA (1988)
 – Port o Shanghai, Cheenae (1994)

 References 


Category:Populatit coastal places in Sooth Korea
Category:Special Ceeties an Metropolitan Ceeties o Sooth Korea