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Pusan Kwangyŏksi. Busan ( Korean : 부산, pronounced [pusan] ), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea 's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million inhabitants as of 2024. [ 4 ] Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its ...
In 1988 Seoul had a population density of 17,030 people per square kilometer as compared with 13,816 people per square kilometer in 1980. The second largest city, Busan, had a density of 8,504 people per square kilometer in 1988 as compared with 7,272 people in 1980.
Busan–Gyeongnam Area, also known as Pusan–Kyŏngnam (PK) is the metropolitan area of Busan, Ulsan, ... PK has a population of 7,584,435, as of 2010. [1]
Currently, South Korea has a total of 17 big cities. "Specific city" ( 특정시, 特定市) is an unofficial term for big city with municipal status. [citation needed] Due its legal status as an administrative city, Jeju City cannot be designated as a "big city" under the Local Autonomy Law, despite having an estimated population exceeding ...
The Port of Busan is the largest port in South Korea, located in the city of Busan, South Korea. Its location is known as Busan Harbor. [ a] The port is ranked sixth in the world's container throughput and is the largest seaport in South Korea. The port is operated by the Busan Port Authority, which was founded in 2004 as a public company.
Haeundae District. Haeundae District ( Korean: 해운대구) is a district ( gu) of Busan, South Korea. Haeundae has a population of about 423,000, the most populous district of Busan with 11.6% of the city population, and covers an area of 51.44 km² (19.86 sq mi) in eastern Busan. [ 2] Haeundae became a division of Busan Metropolitan City in ...
The Catholic Church in South Korea has seen significant growth in recent years, increasing its membership from 7.9% of the population to 11% over the past twenty years. [8] [9] At the end of 2017 there were 5,813,770 Catholics in South Korea – 11.0% of the population. [8] In 2017, the Church grew by 1.3%, with over 75,000 adult baptisms. [8]
Seoul Capital Area. The Seoul Metropolitan Area ( Sudogwon; Korean : 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region ( 경기 지방 ), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-west South Korea. Its population of 26 million (as of 2024) [1] is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world.