Our district is the cradle of the Gaya civilization, which has a long and respectable history and provided the national territory for the state of Garak. According to different phases of history, the district has acquired various administrative names including Geumgwangun, Gimhaesogyoung, Gimhaebu, Geumjugum, Geumjuhyeon, Gimhaedohobu, and Gimhaegun. In 1978, the district was incorporated as part of the northern district of Busan City and thus began functioning as part of the city.

On January 1, 1989, Garak, Noksan, and Cheongadong have been additionally incorporated, thus expanding the scope of influence of the district and at the same time, was raised to the status of a self governing region. On June 9, 2000, a new office building complete with state of the art facilities opened, and now the district seeks to build a world class city for the 21st century as an influential member of the era of a new Busan of the new millennium.

History

Year	Development and Change
April 1, 2000	New cadastral registration of the Shinho/Noksan national industrial complex 5.11
March 16, 2001	New registration of the site of Myoungji residential complex 1.842
May 9, 2002	Registration of record as required by the completion of the 3rd stage of construction work on Noksan National Industrial Complex 0.849
December 31, 2002	12.31.2002 Present area of Gangseogu 179.00
December 31, 2003	12.31.2003 Present area of Gangseogu 179.05
December 31, 2004	12.31.2004 Present area of Gangseogu 179.05
December 26, 2005	New cadastral registration due to reclamation of publicly own waters of the New Harbor Project 0.874
December 31, 2005	12.31.2008 Present area of Gangseogu 179.91
June 22, 2006	New reclamation of the land of Busan/Jinhae Free Economic Zone Office and urban replanning 180.01
December 31, 2007	12.31.2007 Present area of Gangseogu 180.57