Key facts
- Hanja
- 海 雲 臺 區
- Revised romanization
- Haeundae-gu
- Mccune reischauer
- Haeundae-gu
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- Yeongnam
- Provincial level
- Busan
- Administrative divisions
- 18 administrative dong
- Mayor
- Kim Seong-su ( 김성수 )
- Total
- 51.5 km (19.9 sq mi)
- Density
- 8,226/km (21,310/sq mi)
- Dialect
- Gyeongsang
- Website
- Haeundae District Office
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Encyclopedic overview
Haeundae District (Korean: 해운대구; RR: Haeundae-gu) 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 km (19.86 sq mi) in eastern Busan. Haeundae became a division of Busan Metropolitan City in 1976 and attained the status of district in 1980.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haeundae District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.