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.
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.