Yeonje District is a ''
gu'' in 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 ...
,
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 has an area of 12.08 kmĀ², and a population of about 220,000. Yeonje-gu was created in March 1995 following its separation from
Dongnae-gu
Dongnae District is a ''Administrative divisions of South Korea, gu'' in central Busan, South Korea.
Administrative divisions
It has a population of about 300,000, and an area of 16.7 square kilometers. It was once a separate city, the princip ...
. Its name was formed by taking the first and last syllables of the names of its only 2 legal ''dong'';
Yeonsan-Dong and
Geoje-Dong. Busan City Hall is located in Yeonje-gu.
Administrative divisions
Yeonje-gu is divided into 2 legal ''dong'', which all together comprise 12 administrative ''dong'', as follows:
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Yeonsan-dong (8 administrative ''dong'')
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Geoje-dong (4 administrative ''dong'')
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
Yeonje-gu website
Districts of Busan
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