Yeongdo District

Yeongdo District is a gu in Busan, South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeong-do (Yeong Island) located on the south edge of central Busan. It attained the status of gu in 1957.

Yeongdo

영도구
Korean transcription(s)
  Hanja
  Revised RomanizationYeongdo-gu
  McCune-ReischauerYǒngdo-ku
CountrySouth Korea
RegionYeongnam
Provincial levelBusan
Administrative divisions11 administrative dong
Area
  Total14.15 km2 (5.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2017[1])
  Total124,026
  Density8,800/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
  Dialect
Gyeongsang
WebsiteYeongdo District Office

The Korea Maritime and Ocean University and the National Maritime Museum of Korea are located in Yeongdo-gu.

Origin of the Name "Yeongdo"

The former name of Yeong-do (Yeong Island) was Jeolyeong-do (Jeolyeong Island).

Mythologically, horses that could run a thousand miles, so-called "Chollima", lived on this island. Because the horses living on this island could run so fast that their shadows could not follow them, this island was called, "Jeolyeong-do".

After the South Korea government arranged their administrative divisions' names, the name of the island was changed to, "Yeongdo-gu. [2]

Administrative divisions

Yeongdo-gu is divided into 22 legal dong, which all together comprise 11 administrative dong, as follows:

Legal dong Administrative dong
Namhang-dong 1-ga Namhang-dong
Namhang-dong 2-ga
Namhang-dong 3-ga
Daegyo-dong 1-ga
Daegyo-dong 2-ga
Daepyeong-dong 1-ga
Daepyeong-dong 2-ga
Daepyeong-dong 3-ga
Yeongseon-dong 1-ga Yeongseon 1-dong
Yeongseon-dong 2-ga
Yeongseon-dong 3-ga Yeongseon 2-dong
Yeongseon-song 4-ga
Sinseon-dong 1-ga Sinseon-dong
Sinseon-dong 2-ga
Sinseon-dong 3-ga
Bongnae-dong 1-ga Bongnae 1-dong
Bongnae-dong 2-ga
Bongnae-dong 3-ga
Bongnae-dong 4-ga Bongnae 2-dong
Bongnae-dong 5-ga
Cheonghak-dong Cheonghak 1-dong
Cheonghak 2-dong
Dongsam-dong Dongsam 1-dong
Dongsam 2-dong
Dongsam 3-dong

Sister cities

Cityscape

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