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Busan

Busan is a regional capital in South Korea with a population of about 3,285,147.

South KoreaMajor city🏆 #2 most populated in South Korea🕐 Asia/Seoul
Busan

Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is the second most populous city in South Korea, after Seoul; it has a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Alternatively romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million makes Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification. As of 2025, Busan Port is the primary port in Korea and the world's sixth-largest container port.

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About Busan

CountrySouth Korea
ContinentAsia
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Population3,285,147
Local currencyKRW
Coordinates35.1017, 129.0300
Time zoneAsia/Seoul

🧭 Facts & curiosities

Settlement typeMajor city
Distance to the capital330 km · Seoul
Population (South Korea)#2 most populated in South Korea
Where on Earth35°6′6″N · 129°1′48″E
HemisphereN · E
Distance to the equator3,908 km
Distance to the North Pole6,111 km
Did you knowMore populous than 100% of all places
Same latitude asNew South Memphis (United States)
Antipode (other side of Earth)-35.10, -50.97

✈️ Distance to major cities

Tokyo964 km
Beijing1,233 km
Singapore4,570 km
Moscow6,934 km
Dubai7,020 km
Sydney8,009 km

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