| Haeundae-gu
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| Hangul:
| 해운대구
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| Hanja:
| 海雲臺區
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| Revised Romanization:
| Hae-undae-gu
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| McCune-Reischauer:
| Haeundae-gu
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| Statistics
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| Area:
| {{{135.43}}} km²
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| Population:
| {{{3,129}}}
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| No. of households:
| {{{1,200}}} people/km²
|
| Administrative divisions:
| {{{15 ri}}}
|
Haeundae-gu (해운대구; 海雲臺區) is one of the 15 districts of Busan, on that city's eastern side. It has an area of 51.44 km², and a population of about 404,000. This represent about 10.9% of Busan's population [1].
It became a division of Busan in 1976 and attained the status of gu in 1980.
Haeundae can easily be reach by subway on the Busan Subway Line 2, or by train on the Donghae Nambu railway line. Both Haeundae subway and train station are built adjacent to each others.
Haeundae is now an affluent, beach front community that attracts tens of thousands of Korean tourists to what many consider to be Korea's best beach. It has been subject to considerable commercial development.
[edit] History
Haeundae takes its name from the ninth century Silla scholar and poet Choe Chi-won (literary name Haeun, or "Sea and Clouds"), who by historical account admired the view from the beach and built a pavilion nearby. A piece of Choe's calligraphy engraved on a rock at Haeundae still survives.
[edit] Haeundae Beach
Main Article: Haeundae Beach
Along the 12 km of coastline Haeundae Beach is Busan's most popular beach, and with Seogwipo's, one of the best known beach in South Korea. During the summer vacation, especially on weekends, the area becomes a wall of humanity with more than 100,000 people on the narrow, one mile strip of sand. It is now home to most of the expatriates living in the Busan area. Along with Geumjeongsan this is one of the popular spots in Busan to view the first sunrise on January 1, where a crowd few thousands gathers there before dawn. It is also known for its "Polar Bear Club", even though the winters are not cold enough to get the sea to freeze. For the 2006 FIFA World Cup match between South Korea and Togo about 50,000 people were expected to come to the beach to watch the match projected on a giant screen [2].
[edit] Administrative divisions
Haeundae-gu is divided into 7 legal dong, which altogether comprise 18 administrative dong, as follows:
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