Yeongdo District

Yeongdo 영도구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	影島區
• Revised Romanization	Yeongdo-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Yǒngdo-ku
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Official logo of Yeongdo Logo
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Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	14 administrative dong
Area
• Total	13.98 km2 (5.40 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	162,961
• Density	12,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Yeongdo District Office

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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.

Administrative divisions

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Administrative divisions

Yeongdo-gu is divided into 6 legal dong, which altogether comprise 14 administrative dong, as follows:

• Namhang-dong
• Yeongseon-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Sinseon-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Bongnae-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Cheonghak-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Dongsam-dong (3 administrative dong)

Sister cities

• Luwan, China

Cityscape

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• Side of Yeongdo in Busan.png
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• Western Side of Yeongdo.png

  Western Side of Yeongdo

See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

External links

• Yeongdo-gu website (English)