Dong-gu (Busan)

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For a list of South Korean gu named Dong-gu, please see Dong-gu.

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<tr> <td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid"> Hangul:</td> <td style="border-top: 1px solid; white-space: nowrap"> 동구</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid; white-space: nowrap">東區</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid"> Revised Romanization:</td> <td style="border-top:1px solid; white-space: nowrap"> Dong-gu</td> </tr><tr> <td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">McCune-Reischauer:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid; white-space: nowrap">Tong-ku</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center style="border-top:1px solid">Statistics</td></tr> <tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid"> Area: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">9.77 km²</td> </tr><tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid">Population: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">109,879 Dec 31 2005 reg [1]</td> </tr> <tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid">Pop. density: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">11,247 people/km² </td> </tr><tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid">Administrative divisions: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">17 administrative dong</td> </tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center style="border-top:1px solid">Image:Dong-gu BUSAN.PNG</td></tr>

Dong-gu (literally east gu) is a gu in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 9.77 km², and a population of about 110,000. It was one of the first 6 gu of Busan established in 1957.

Busan Station is located in Dong-gu.

Dong-gu has a status of sister localities with Gwangsan-gu in Gwangju and Zhifu District in Yantai City, China.