Regional characteristics
- Homeland where the spirit of loyalty is carried on in its tradition
- Land of history where historical monuments like Dongnaeeup Mountain Walls and Bokcheon-dong ancient tombs are well preserved
- Center of education, culture, transportation, and sports
- Traditional culture: Sumin-dong where the old Dongnae-eup was located, Boksan-dong, Myeongnyun-dong, and Allak-dong.
- Tourism: Geumgang Park and Dongnae Hot Springs area
- Sports: Sajik Stadium area
- Population density of the district Size of the district: 16.64km2, 2.2% of Busan’s square measure Population: 279,000 Number of households: 97,000, 7.6% of Busan’s total number of households
- Center of education: 78 educational institutions
- Convenient access: By automobile: Easy access to Namhae Expressway and Gyeongbu Expressway via Chungnyeol-ro and Jungang-ro By subway: Oncheonjang, Myeongnyun, and Dongnae Subway Stations are all located in the Dongnae District.Dongnae has a geographical proximity to the City Expressway.
Size of land/population
| Sub-district | Administrative area | Population | Size of land (km2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Tong |
Number of Ban |
Number of households |
Total | Male | Female | ||
| Total | 312 | 1,714 | 99,954 | 284,901 | 141,536 | 142,596 | 16.64 |
| Sumin-dong | 30 | 161 | 11,130 | 33,362 | 16,640 | 16,722 | 1.21 |
| Boksan-dong | 20 | 111 | 5,406 | 14,842 | 7,463 | 7,379 | 0.79 |
| Myeongnyun1-dong | 11 | 66 | 2,506 | 6,504 | 3,173 | 3,331 | 0.55 |
| Myeongnyun2-dong | 14 | 80 | 3,612 | 9,731 | 4,826 | 4,905 | 0.79 |
| Oncheon1-dong | 24 | 113 | 7,471 | 16,721 | 8,040 | 8,681 | 1.95 |
| Oncheon2-dong | 27 | 145 | 8,413 | 23,601 | 11,589 | 12,012 | 2.57 |
| Oncheon3-dong | 33 | 155 | 12,640 | 36,430 | 17,997 | 18,433 | 1.71 |
| Sajik1-dong | 12 | 71 | 3,405 | 9,708 | 4,786 | 4,922 | 0.39 |
| Sajik2-dong | 24 | 123 | 8,582 | 27,452 | 13,644 | 13,808 | 1.91 |
| Sajik3-dong | 22 | 121 | 6,666 | 17,922 | 9,051 | 8,871 | 0.68 |
| Allak1-dong | 19 | 111 | 6,614 | 18,223 | 9,192 | 9,031 | 0.92 |
| Allak2-dong | 33 | 177 | 11,053 | 33,692 | 16,833 | 16,859 | 1.39 |
| Myeongjang1-dong | 22 | 141 | 6,329 | 18,388 | 9,130 | 9,258 | 0.90 |
| Myeongjang2-dong | 21 | 139 | 6,127 | 18,325 | 9,172 | 9,153 | 0.88 |
The average of temperatures in Dongnae-gun is 14.4, while they range from 34.5 to minus 9.6 in Celsius. Annual precipitation is 1,528.3 millimeters. July being the wettest month of the year recorded 591.7 millimeters of rain. A heavy downpour occurs between May and July.
Climate Change
| Year | Temperature | Precipitation | Number of days clear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Highest | Lowest | |||
| 2007 | 15.3 | 32.6 | -3.5 | 1,276.5 | 172 |
| 2006 | 14.4 | 34.5 | -9.6 | 1,528.3 | 123 |
| 2005 | 14.4 | 32.8 | -7.9 | 1,383.9 | 122 |
| 2004 | 14.9 | 34.1 | -10.5 | 1,386.5 | 140 |
| 2003 | 14.3 | 31.0 | -6.7 | 2,328.3 | 102 |
| 2002 | 14.7 | 33.4 | -6.2 | 2,085.2 | 119 |
| 2001 | 15.3 | 34.5 | -10.3 | 1,171.3 | 111 |
| 2000 | 14.9 | 33.1 | -7.1 | 1,249.5 | 129 |
| '99 | 15.0 | 32.2 | -7.3 | 2,396.7 | 130 |
| '98 | 15.8 | 32.3 | -8.1 | 2,028.8 | 97 |
| '97 | 15.2 | 34.1 | -8.9 | 1,598.1 | 121 |
| '96 | 14.5 | 34.9 | -9.5 | 1,289.6 | 106 |
| '95 | 14.5 | 32.9 | -6.7 | 1,005.7 | 138 |
| '94 | 15.6 | 35.8 | -6.9 | 959.9 | 146 |
| '93 | 14.8 | 32.6 | -6.3 | 1,615.3 | 115 |
| '92 | 15.5 | 34.3 | -4.5 | 1,308.9 | 108 |
| '91 | 14.4 | 33.3 | -10.8 | 2,167.1 | 107 |
Precipitation Number of days clear
| Monthly average temperature and precipitation | Temperature | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|
| Jan-2007 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| Feb-2007 | 7.9 | 115.0 |
| Mar-2007 | 9.1 | 75.5 |
| Apr-2007 | 13.2 | 65.5 |
| May-2007 | 17.8 | 116.6 |
| Jun-2007 | 20.5 | 94.5 |
| Jul-2007 | 22.8 | 301.5 |
| Aug-2007 | 26.7 | 128.1 |
| Sep-2007 | 22.9 | 210.2 |
| Oct-2007 | 18.3 | 119.0 |
| Nov-2007 | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| Dec-2007 | 7.3 | 46.0 |