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Nampo-dong, Busan
Nampo-dong is a central commercial and shopping area in Busan, South Korea. Nampo-dong is in Jung District ("Central District") in the southern center of the city, bordering the city river on the north side. Served by two bridges connecting Yeongdo District to the south, Nampo-dong is also accessible by Nampo Station subway. The area mainly consists of a long north-to-south street with a large walking area with shops, cafes, restaurants, and statues or other seasonal or permanent exhibits. Side streets also have numerous camera shops, and heading south the streets turn into Kangtong Market ("Tin-can Market") and Gukje Market, with foreign goods and street food, as well as Jagalchi Market, with fresh seafood for sale or dining as the streets approach the harbor. On the north end of Nampo-dong is the new Lotte Department Store. On the west side a narrow elevator leads up to Yongdusan Park Yongdusan Park is a park located in Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea. The 120-meter-high Busan T ...
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Nampo-Dong Christmas Lights In Busan
Nampo-dong is a central commercial and shopping area in Busan, South Korea. Nampo-dong is in Jung District ("Central District") in the southern center of the city, bordering the city river on the north side. Served by two bridges connecting Yeongdo District to the south, Nampo-dong is also accessible by Nampo Station subway. The area mainly consists of a long north-to-south street with a large walking area with shops, cafes, restaurants, and statues or other seasonal or permanent exhibits. Side streets also have numerous camera shops, and heading south the streets turn into Kangtong Market ("Tin-can Market") and Gukje Market, with foreign goods and street food, as well as Jagalchi Market, with fresh seafood for sale or dining as the streets approach the harbor. On the north end of Nampo-dong is the new Lotte Department Store. On the west side a narrow elevator leads up to Yongdusan Park Yongdusan Park is a park located in Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea. The 120-meter-high Busan ...
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Nampo-dong Busy Street
Nampo-dong is a central commercial and shopping area in Busan, South Korea. Nampo-dong is in Jung District ("Central District") in the southern center of the city, bordering the city river on the north side. Served by two bridges connecting Yeongdo District to the south, Nampo-dong is also accessible by Nampo Station subway. The area mainly consists of a long north-to-south street with a large walking area with shops, cafes, restaurants, and statues or other seasonal or permanent exhibits. Side streets also have numerous camera shops, and heading south the streets turn into Kangtong Market ("Tin-can Market") and Gukje Market, with foreign goods and street food, as well as Jagalchi Market, with fresh seafood for sale or dining as the streets approach the harbor. On the north end of Nampo-dong is the new Lotte Department Store. On the west side a narrow elevator leads up to Yongdusan Park Yongdusan Park is a park located in Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea. The 120-meter-high Busan ...
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Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" (including Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, Daegu, and some of North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla) is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification . Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in ...
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ...
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Jung District, Busan
Jung District (literally ''central district'') is a '' gu'' in southern central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 2.8 km², and a population of about 48,000. Administrative divisions Jung-gu is divided into 8 legal ''dong'', which all together comprise 9 administrative ''dong'', as follows: * Jungang-dong * Donggwang-dong * Daecheong-dong * Bosu-dong * Bupyong-dong * Gwangbok-dong *Nampo-dong Nampo-dong is a central commercial and shopping area in Busan, South Korea. Nampo-dong is in Jung District ("Central District") in the southern center of the city, bordering the city river on the north side. Served by two bridges connecting Yeong ... * Yeongju-dong (2 administrative ''dong'') Cityscape File:Older Parts of Busan.png, File:Jung-gu_of_Busan.jpg, File:Jung District in Busan.png, File:Gwangbok-dong Street.png, Gwangbok-dong File:Gwangbok-dong Street 1.png, References External links Jung-gu website Jung-gu-City of Busan See also * Geography of South K ...
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Yeongdo District
Yeongdo District is a ''Subdivisions of South Korea, gu'' in Busan, South Korea. The ''gu'' itself is limited to Yeong-do (''Yeong Island'') located on the south edge of central Busan. It attained the status of ''gu'' in 1957. The Korea Maritime and Ocean University and the National Maritime Museum, South Korea, National Maritime Museum of Korea are located in Yeongdo-gu. Origin of the Name "Yeongdo" The former name of Yeong-do (''Yeong Island'') was Jeolyeong-do (''Jeolyeong Island''). Mythologically, horses that could run a thousand miles, so-called "''Chollima",'' lived on this island. Because the horses living on this island could run so fast that their shadows could not follow them, this island was called, "Jeolyeong-do". After the South Korea government arranged their administrative divisions' names, the name of the island was changed to, "Yeongdo-gu. Administrative divisions Yeongdo-gu is divided into 22 legal ''dong'', which all together comprise 11 administrative '' ...
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Nampo Station (Busan)
Nampo Station (a.k.a. Nampodong Station) is a station of Busan Metro Line 1 in Nampo-dong, Jung District, Busan, South Korea. External links Cyber station informationfrom Busan Transportation Corporation The Busan Transportation Corporation (Hangul:부산교통공사, Hanja:釜山交通公社) was established on January 1, 2006, following the abolition of the Busan Urban Transit Authority, which was founded in 1987. It currently operates the Busa ... Busan Metro stations Jung District, Busan Railway stations opened in 1988 1988 establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-railstation-stub ...
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Gukje Market
Gukje Market or Nampodong International Market is a market in Sinchang-dong, Jung District, Busan, South Korea. It opens from 9:30am to 7:30pm. Gallery File:Gukje Market, October 2019 03.jpg File:Manmul Street in Busan.jpg File:Gukje Market.jpg File:Gukje Market in Busan.jpg See also * List of markets in South Korea * List of South Korean tourist attractions This is a list of notable tourist attractions in South Korea. The list may include temples, museums, aquariums, landmarks, sports venues, markets, shopping districts, or other notable locations popular with tourists. 0–9 * 63 Building * ... References External links Jung District - Gukje Market Retail markets in Busan Jung District, Busan {{retail-market-stub ...
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Jagalchi Market
Jagalchi Fish Market is a fish market in the neighborhood of Nampo-dong in Jung-gu, and Chungmu-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, South Korea. The market is located on the edge of Nampo Port (남포항), Busan. It is considered to be the largest fish market in South Korea. The name is said to have originated from ''jagal'' (자갈 gravel in Korean) because the market used to be surrounded by gravel. This is one of the ten landmarks of Busan, so many tourists visit there to shop. The market is known for the “Busan wives”.  They are known for their strong will determination to provide financial support for their family and pay for their children’s education.Busan: Host City of the Pusan International Film Festival. (2006). ''Koreana'', ''20''(3), 22–25 Another name for these women is ''jagalchi ajumma''. It references back to when these women would peddle the street selling goods after the Korean War.Kim, J. (2001). Trip to Busan. ''Koreana'', ''15''(4), 50–57 The market hosts th ...
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Lotte Department Store
Lotte Department Store () is a Korean retail company established in 1979, and headquartered in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Lotte Department Store offers retail consumer goods and services and is one out of 8 business units of Lotte Shopping. Other Lotte retail companies include discount store Lotte Mart and supermarket Lotte Super. References External links *Lotte Department Store English Homepage {{Authority control Department Store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
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Yongdusan Park
Yongdusan Park is a park located in Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea. The 120-meter-high Busan Tower is located here. Yongdu means "dragon's head" and "san" means "mountain". The name is an allusion to the similarity of the mountain park, which is said to resemble a dragon's head. The park occupies an area of 69,000 square meters. It has 70 different species of trees growing in it. Features One of the highlights of the Yongdusan Park is the statue of Yi Sun-sin Admiral Yi Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty. Over the course of his career, Admiral Yi fough ..., Korea's 16th-century naval hero. The park also has a bust of writer Ahn Huijae. There is also the commemorative monument for the April 19th anti-government student protests. The most conspicuous of the park's feature is the Busan Tower. Museum of World Folk Instruments The p ...
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