Haeundae-gu is a gu, or ward, in South Korea's second largest city, Busan. It is 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. 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. Download high resolution version (1544x1024, 357 KB) Photo: Thorfinn Stainforth, September 2004, Haeundae Beach, Busan, South Korea File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Korean language (í•œêµì–´ / ì¡°ì„ ì–´) is the most widely used language in Korea, and is the official language of both North and South Korea. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Haeundae_beach. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Haeundae_beach. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... Busan Metropolitan City, also commonly referred to as Pusan, is the largest harbor city in Korea, with a population of about 4 million, Busan is South Koreas second largest metropolis next to Seoul. ...
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.
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.
Haeundae Sinsigaji (Haeundae New Town, ko:해운대 신시가지), a major residential and commercial addition to the area, was constructed in Jwa-dong between 1994 and 2000.
Haeundae Sinsigaji is located in an area bounded on the north by the southern shadow of Jangsan Mountain, one of the tallest peaks in Greater Busan, and on the south side by Haeundae Station, the Korean National Railroad right-of-way, and Dalmaji Gogae.
Haeundae's desirable physical and environmental attributes, along with its tourist facilities, have led to its role as one of the host neighbourhoods in the Busan International Film Festival.
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