Dongnae District

Dongrae District 동래구
—  District  —
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	東萊區
• Revised Romanization	Dongnae-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Tongnae-ku
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Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	14 administrative dong
Population (2004)
• Total	282,732
• Density	16,991/km2 (44,010/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Dongnae District Office

Dongrae District is a gu in northern Busan, South Korea. It has a population of about 300,000, and an area of 16.7 square kilometers. It was once a separate city, the principal port of southeastern Korea. Numerous historical relics are preserved in the area. Heosimcheong, Asia's largest spa, is in Oncheon-dong.

This district is well known for Pajeon, which is 'Green Onion Pancake'.

DongRaeGu is also the ID for the Korean StarCraft II progamer, Park Soo Ho.^[1] Due to his success in events such as the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League and Major League Gaming, he was recognized by the town and was allowed to officially represent the town by being able to place a badge on his uniform.^[2]

Administrative divisions [edit]

Dongnae-gu is divided into seven legal dong, which altogether comprise 14 administrative dong, as follows:

• Allak-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Boksan-dong
• Myeongjang-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Myeongnyun-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Oncheon-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Sajik-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Sumin-dong

Sister cities [edit]

• Hongkou, China

See also [edit]

• Geography of South Korea

External links [edit]

• English-language homepage of Dongnae-gu

References [edit]

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