Sasang District, Pusan, South Korea

From http://www.sasang-gu.pusan.kr/sasang/English/main222.htm

Semicircle - it means the hopeful morning sun rising up above the horizon.

Picture in the Semicircle - it expresses a pine tree and Mt. Baegyang which is the Gu Tree of Sasang-gu

Three Lines - it symbolize the Nakdong River and the river water.

Meaning of General Shape - By unifying the semicircle, and the sides and lines in the semicircle formatively. it symbolizes its unification with the gu residents and three lines (stripes) to hold up the semicircle with a sense of stability mean a stable development of future-direction of the gu.

Meaning of Conception - As the center of goods distribution, and of both traffic and education, and of culture and art with the delightful and pleasant dwelling environment, breaking from pollution image of the Sasang industrial region, it means the gu to head for individual development

contributed by Dov Gutterman 8 March 2002