Buk District, Busan



Buk District (literally north district) is a gu, or district, in north central Busan, 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
 * Hwamyeong-dong (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, ), singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and K-pop idol, member of K-pop boygroup Victon and former member of K-pop boygroup X1
 * Jungkook (Real Name: Jeon Jeong-guk, ), K-pop idol, singer-songwriter, producer, main vocalist and lead dancer of BTS