Geumseong-dong explained

Geumseong
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info:금성
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info2:Geumseong
Translit Lang1 Info3:Kŭmsŏng
Translit Lang2 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang2 Type1:Hanja
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Korea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Seat Type:Capital
Parts Type:Administrative divisions
Parts Style:para
P1:1 administrative dong
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:8.41
Population Total:1211
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:144
Blank Name Sec1:Dialect

Geumseong is a dong, or precinct, in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea. A lightly populated district, it is situated entirely within the mountain range of Geumjeongsan. It is bounded to the west by Hwamyeong-dong and Geumgok-dong in Buk District, to the northwest by Dong-myeon of Yangsan City, to the east by Cheongnyong-dong, Namsan-dong, Guseo-dong, and Jangjeon-dong of Geumjeong-gu, and to the south by Oncheon-dong in Dongnae-gu. The northernmost point in Geumseong-dong is at Godang-bong, the highest peak in Geumjeongsan.

Geumseong-dong is a rural district connected by public transit to the rest of Busan by bus service only. Despite covering a comparatively large area, Geumseong-dong is not subdivided into additional "administrative dong" due to its low population. There are two points of access to the dong where the main road, Sanseong-ro, connects to Hwamyeong-dong in the west, and Jangjeon-dong in the east. The only major area of settlement within the dong is in the village of Sanseong-myeon (literally "mountain fortress village").

The name Geumseong derives from Geumjeongsanseong, a large mountain fortress built in 1703 that is located largely within the dong.

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References

Web site: 2009 . 금정구청 영문 . Busan Metropolitan City Geumjeong-gu . 2015-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150528180159/http://english.geumjeong.go.kr/ . 2015-05-28 . dead.

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