Yeongdo District

Yeongdo 영도구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	影島區
• Revised Romanization	Yeongdo-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Yǒngdo-ku
Flag
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	11 administrative dong
Area
• Total	14.15 km2 (5.46 sq mi)
Population  (2017[1])
• Total	124,026
• Density	8,800/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Yeongdo District Office

Korea Maritime and Ocean University

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.

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:

Sister cities[]

• Luwan, China
• Marikina, Philippines

Cityscape[]

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  Nighttime in Yeongdo

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  West Side of Yeongdo

See also[]

• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yeongdo-gu, Busan.

• Yeongdo-gu website (in English)

Coordinates: 35°04′50″N 129°03′50″E / 35.08056°N 129.06389°E / 35.08056; 129.06389

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