Busan–Gyeongnam Area

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.

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

Subdivision	Area km2	Population (2022)	GDP (KR₩)[3]	GDP (US$)[4]
South Gyeongsang Province	10,533	3,290,991	₩ 138 trillion	US$ 110 billion
Busan	770	3,331,444	₩ 114 trillion	US$ 91 billion
Ulsan	1,057	1,113,707	₩ 90 trillion	US$ 72 billion
Busan–Gyeongnam Area	12,360	7,735,893	₩ 342 trillion	US$ 274 billion

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

• Busan
• Ulsan

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

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