Busan–Gyeongnam Area
Metropolitan area
Downtown Busan
Nickname:  PK
Country	South Korea
Major Cities	Busan Ulsan Changwon Yangsan Gimhae
Area
• Metro	12,360 km2 (4,770 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
•  Metro [1]	7,584,435
• Metro density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Metro	KR₩ 310 trillion US$ 248 billion (2022)

Busan–Gyeongnam Area, also known as Pusan–Kyŏngnam (PK) is the metropolitan area of Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongsangnam-do (Gyeongnam) located in southeast South Korea.

History

Until 1963, before Busan become a " Directly Governed City", the whole area formed the Gyeongsangnam-do.

Economy

Subdivision	Area km2	Population (2022)	GDP ( KR₩) [2]	GDP ( US$) [3]
South Gyeongsang Province	10,533	3,290,991	₩ 120 trillion	US$ 96 billion
Busan	770	3,331,444	₩ 104 trillion	US$ 83 billion
Ulsan	1,057	1,113,707	₩ 86 trillion	US$ 69 billion
Busan–Gyeongnam Area	12,360	7,735,893	₩ 310 trillion	US$ 248 billion

Population

PK has a population of 7,584,435, as of 2010. ^[1] It is the second most populated metropolitan area after the Seoul Capital Area.^{[ citation needed]}

Administrative districts

Metropolitan cities

• Busan
• Ulsan

South Gyeongsang Province

• Changwon
• Yangsan
• Gimhae
• Jinju
• Sacheon
• Miryang
• Geoje
• Tongyeong

See also

• List of metropolitan areas by population
• Seoul Capital Area
• Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region

References

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