Jangjeon is a ''dong'', or precinct, in

Geumjeong-gu Geumjeong District is a district in north central Busan, South Korea. Approximately 7.3% of Busan's population is in Geumjeong-gu. The Hoedong Reservoir is located on the district's eastern boundary, and the mountain Geumjeongsan on the west ...

, Busan, South Korea. A heavily populated district, it is located between the slopes of

Geumjeongsan Geumjeongsan (or Geumjeong Mountain) is a mountain in the city of Busan in South Korea. It covers a large surface that extends into Dongnae-gu in the south, Buk-gu in the west, Geumjeong-gu in the east, and the city of Yangsan in the north. Its ...

and the valley of the Oncheoncheon. It is bounded to the south by Oncheon-dong in Dongnae-gu and to the north by

Guseo-dong Guseo is a ''dong'', or precinct, in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea. See also *Geography of South Korea *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gw ...

. Due to its large population, Jangjeon-dong is divided into three "administrative dong," Jangjeon 1, 2, and 3-dong. Jangjeon-dong is tightly connected to the Busan transit grid, with

Busan Subway Line 1 Busan Metro Line 1 is the north-south route of the Busan Metro The Busan Metro () is the urban rail system operated by the Busan Transportation Corporation of Busan, South Korea. The metro network first opened in 1985 with seventeen statio ...

making two stops, at Pusan National University Station and Jangjeon-dong station. Jangjeon-dong is home to

Pusan National University Pusan National University (PNU), also called Busan National University, is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in South Korea and second highest public universities in South Korea. Located mainly in Busan (or Pusan), the universi ...

, a major university in Busan, and to a popular shopping and restaurant district. The name ''jangjeon'' literally means "long arrows." It is believed that the original inhabitants of the Jangjeon village were arrowsmiths, making long arrow shafts from the bamboo groves that still flourish on the slopes of Geumjeongsan.