Buk District (literally ''north district'') is a '' gu'', or district, in north central

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, South Korea. Buk-gu covers a surface of 38.30 km² is home to about 335,000 people. It attained the status of ''gu'' in 1978.

Administrative divisions

Buk-gu is divided into 5 legal ''dong'', which all together comprise 13 administrative ''dong'', as follows: * Gupo-dong (3 administrative ''dong'') * Geumgok-dong *

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(3 administrative ''dong'') * Deckcheon-dong (3 administrative ''dong'') * Mandeok-dong (3 administrative ''dong'')

Sister cities

* Jiaozhou, China

Notable people from Buk District

* Seungwoo (Real Name: ''Han Seung-woo'',

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: 한승우), singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and

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, member of

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boygroup

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and former member of

boygroup X1 *

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(Real Name: ''Jeon Jeong-guk'',

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, singer-songwriter, producer, main vocalist and lead dancer of

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References

External links

Buk-gu website
(in English) Districts of Busan {{SouthKorea-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

Sister cities

Notable people from Buk District

See also

References

External links