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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 ...
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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 ...
. 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. 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: * Yeonsan-dong (8 administrative ''dong'') * Geoje-dong (4 administrative ''dong'')


See also

*
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 ...
* Subdivisions of South Korea


References


External links


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