Busan

Busan Korean pronunciation: , officially asked as Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second-most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, this is the the economic, cultural in addition to educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port—Korea's busiest together with the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeast Economic Zone" including Ulsan and South Gyeongsang is South Korea's largest industrial area.

Busan is divided up into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The almost densely built-up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong and the Suyeong Rivers, with mountains separating near of the districts. The Nakdong is Korea's longest river and Busan's Haeundae Beach is also the country's largest.

Busan is a center for international conventions, hosting APEC in 2005. this is the also a center for sports tournaments in Korea, having hosted the 2002 Asian Games and FIFA World Cup. it is for domestic to the world's largest department store, the Shinsegae Centum City. Busan was added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a "City of Film" in December 2014.

Geography

Busan is located on the southeastern tip of the Geumjeongsan, the highest mountain in the city, on the north. The Nakdong River, South Korea's longest river, flows through the west and empties into the Korea Strait. The southeastern region, called Yeongnam in Korea, encompasses both Gyeongsang Provinces and 3 metropolitan cities of Busan, Daegu and Ulsan. Ulsan lies northeast of Busan. Combined population exceeds 13 million.

The closest overseas area to Busan is Fukuoka, and the distance from Busan to Fukuoka is about 180 km 112 miles. Busan and Fukuoka are sister cities.

Located on the southeasternmost tip of the typhoons at that time and be loosely rainy. On September 15, 1959, Super Typhoon Sarah passed by the flit of the city and caused catastrophic damage. An unusually severe storm on September 12, 2003, Typhoon Maemi, also caused harm to ships and buildings and resulted in over 48 fatalities.

October and November are loosely the most comfortable, with create skies and pleasant temperatures. Winters are cool and comparatively dry with high winds, but much milder than other parts of Korea, except ]

In 1957, Busan adopted a gun county.