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{{Short description|District of Daegu, South Korea}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Buk
| native_name              = {{nobold|북구}}
| native_name_lang         = ko
| settlement_type          = [[List of districts in South Korea|Autonomous District]]
| translit_lang1           = Korean
| translit_lang1_type1     = Hanja
| translit_lang1_info1 = 北區
| translit_lang1_type2     = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_info2     = Buk-gu
| translit_lang1_type3     = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info3     = Puk-ku
| image_skyline            = 
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Daegu Opera House
| image_map                = Buk-gu DAEGU.PNG
| mapsize                  = 
| map_caption              = 
| image_blank_emblem       = 
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = South Korea
| subdivision_type1        = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Yeongnam]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Provinces of South Korea|Provincial level]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Daegu]]
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| leader_party             = [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name          = Bae Kwang-sik ({{Korean|hangul=배광식|labels=no}})
| subdivision_type3        = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| subdivision_name3        = 23 administrative ''dong''
| parts_type               = 
| parts                    = 
| area_total_km2           = 93.98
| population_as_of         = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref>
| population_total         = 414,883
| population_density_km2   = 4,427
| population_blank1_title  = Dialect
| population_blank1        = [[Gyeongsang dialect|Gyeongsang]]
| website                  = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20070208145422/http://www.buk.daegu.kr:80/|Buk District Office}}
| image_flag               = Flag of Bukgu, Daegu.svg
}}
[[File:05-buk-en.svg|thumb|right|Administrative divisions]]
'''Buk District''' ({{korean|hangul=북구|rr=Buk-gu|lit=north district}}) is a district in northwestern [[Daegu]], South Korea. It adjoins [[Chilgok County]] on the north. The area is  93.99&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.{{ref|area}} The population is about 414,883.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref>

Buk District was first created as an office of Daegu in 1938, during the [[Korea under Japanese rule|period of Japanese rule]]. It was raised to the status of a district in 1963. For most of the twentieth century, Buk District was purely an administrative division of Daegu, without any local autonomy. The first district council was inaugurated in 1991, and the first district head was elected in 1995, as part of nationwide local government reforms.

[[Kyungpook National University]] and [[Yeungjin College]] are located in Buk District.

==History==
During the [[Silla]] period, it belonged to Daegu and palgeori prefectures, and during the Later [[Three Kingdoms period]], it belonged to Daegu and [[Pali]]. During the [[Joseon]] period, it was located on the border of Daegu. In January 1963, it was upgraded to the status of Buk District. In 1981, as Daegu rose to a direct city, its status was raised to Buk District, Daegu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.buk.daegu.kr/eng/index.do?menu_id=00001235 |website=[[Daegu Metropolitan City]]}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
Buk-gu administers 23 ''[[dong (administrative division)|dong]]'': 
*Goseong-dong ({{Korean|hangul=고성동|labels=no}})
*Chilseong-dong ({{Korean|hangul=칠성동|labels=no}})
*Chimsan 1-dong ({{Korean|hangul=침산1동|labels=no}})
*Chimsan 2-dong ({{Korean|hangul=침산2동|labels=no}})
*Chimsan 3-dong ({{Korean|hangul=침산3동|labels=no}})
*Nowon-dong ({{Korean|hangul=노원동|labels=no}})
*Sangyeok 1-dong ({{Korean|hangul=산격1동|labels=no}})
*Sangyeok 2-dong ({{Korean|hangul=산격2동|labels=no}})
*Sangyeok 3-dong ({{Korean|hangul=산격3동|labels=no}})
*Sangyeok 4-dong ({{Korean|hangul=산격4동|labels=no}})
*Bokhyeon 1-dong ({{Korean|hangul=복현1동|labels=no}})
*Bokhyeon 2-dong ({{Korean|hangul=복현2동|labels=no}})
*Daehyeon-dong ({{Korean|hangul=대현동|labels=no}})
*Geomdan-dong ({{Korean|hangul=검단동|labels=no}})
*Mutaejoya-dong ({{Korean|hangul=무태조야동|labels=no}})
*Gwanmun-dong ({{Korean|hangul=관문동|labels=no}})
*Taejeon 1-dong ({{Korean|hangul=태전1동|labels=no}})
*Taejeon 2-dong ({{Korean|hangul=태전2동|labels=no}})
*Guam-dong ({{Korean|hangul=구암동|labels=no}})
*Gwaneum-dong ({{Korean|hangul=관음동|labels=no}})
*Eumnae-dong ({{Korean|hangul=읍내동|labels=no}})
*Dongcheon-dong ({{Korean|hangul=동천동|labels=no}})
*Gugu-dong ({{Korean|hangul=국우동|labels=no}})

==Education==
*[https://knu.ac.kr/wbbs/wbbs/main/main.action Kyungpook National University]
*[https://www.yju.ac.kr/ipsi/promotion2024/intro.html Yeungjin University]
*[https://www.tsu.ac.kr/ Taegu Science University]
*[https://www.dhc.ac.kr/ Daegu Health College]
*[https://www.ikw.ac.kr/main.tc KyungWoon University Daegu Campus]

==Amenities==
{{Infobox Korean name
| title   = Bukbu Library
| hangul  = 북부도서관
| hanja   = {{linktext|北|部|圖|書|館}}
| rr      = Bukbu doseogwan
| mr      = Pukpu tosŏgwan
| context =
| img     =
| caption =
}}
Bukbu Library is municipal library that is located in Buk District. The library opened 24 November 1983. The number of books is total 250,956; that of papers is 31,997.

[[Gususan Library]] consists of one basement floor and three floors above the ground. It is a district library with more than 100,000 books and 544 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gususan Library |url=https://www.buk.daegu.kr/eng/index.do?menu_id=00001261 |website=[[Daegu Metropolitan City]]}}</ref>

The district contains the traditional market [[Chilseong Market]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=박 |first=노광 |script-title=ko:칠성시장 - 대구역사문화대전 |url=https://www.grandculture.net/daegu/toc/GC40003846 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Subdivisions of South Korea]]
*[[Kyungpook National University Museum]]
*[[Daehyeon-dong, Daegu]]

==Notes==
#{{note|area}} {{cite web|url=http://www.buk.daegu.kr/new_home//english/about/history.html|title=History|website=Buk-gu government website|accessdate=2006-02-07}}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.buk.daegu.kr/eng/index.do Buk District homepage] {{in lang|en}}

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