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Buk District (literally ''north district'') is a district in northwestern
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Districts of Daegu {{SouthKorea-geo-stub
Buk District (literally ''north district'') is a district in northwestern Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea.
It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...
, 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 ...
. It adjoins Chilgok County
Chilgok County (''Chilgok-gun'') is located at south-west part of North Gyeongsang Province. It is close by Gunwi County, Daegu Metropolitan city on the east while adjoins with Gimchon-si, Seongju County on the west. It is also a transportation h ...
on the north. The area is 93.99 km². The population is about 444,923.
Buk-gu was first created as an office of Daegu in 1938, during the period of Japanese rule. It was raised to the status of a district in 1963. For most of the twentieth century, Buk-gu was purely an administrative division of Daegu, without any local autonomy. The first district council was inaugurated in 1991, and the first district head was elected in 1995, as part of nationwide local government reforms.
Kyungpook National University
Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Dae ...
and Yeungjin College
Yeungjin University, formerly Yeungjin College, is a private technical college located in Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea. Information technology
Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and ex ...
are located in Buk-gu.
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Library
Bukbu Library is municipal library that is located in Buk-gu. The library opened 24 November 1983. The number of books is total 250,956; that of papers is 31,997.See also
*Subdivisions of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ...
*Kyungpook National University Museum
Kyungpook National University Museum is an archaeological museum located in Buk District, Daegu, South Korea.Engel, M. S., Lim, J.-D., Baek, K.-S., & Martin, L. D. (2002). An Earwig from the Lower Cretaceous of Korea (Dermaptera: Forficulina). J ...
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#External links
Buk-gu homepage
Districts of Daegu {{SouthKorea-geo-stub