Seo District, Busan
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Seo District (literally ''west district'') is a '' gu'', or district, in south-west central
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, w ...
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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 ...
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Administrative divisions

Seo-gu is divided into 8 legal ''dong'', which altogether comprise 14 administrative ''dong'', as follows: * Dongdaesin-dong/East Daesin (3 administrative ''dong'') * Seodaesin-dong/West Daesin (3 administrative ''dong'') * Bumin-dong * Ami-dong * Chojang-dong * Chungmu-dong * Nambumin-dong/South Bumin (3 administrative ''dong'') * Amnam-dong In 1998 ''Ami 1-dong'' and ''Ami 2-dong'' were merged. In 2003 ''Seodaesin 2-dong'' and ''Seodaesin 1-dong'' were merged.


Politics

The area is represented in the National Assembly by the
West District and East District Busan (South Korean Legislature Constituency) West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...


Sister cities

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Changhai Changhai County () is a county under the administration of Dalian, Liaoning province, China. It consists of several islands in the Yellow Sea and is located offshore of the Liaodong Peninsula. There are 112 small islands and reefs in the county ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...


See also

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Geography of South Korea South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass. The only country with a land border to South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with of the border ...
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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 ...


References


External links


Seo-gu website
Districts of Busan {{SouthKorea-geo-stub