Yeongdo District


Yeongdo District is a gu in Busan, South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeong-do 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 was Jeolyeong-do.
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.

Administrative divisions

Yeongdo-gu is divided into 22 legal dong, which altogether comprise 11 administrative dong, as follows:
Legal dongAdministrative dong
Namhang-dong 1-gaNamhang-dong
Namhang-dong 2-gaNamhang-dong
Namhang-dong 3-gaNamhang-dong
Daegyo-dong 1-gaNamhang-dong
Daegyo-dong 2-gaNamhang-dong
Daepyeong-dong 1-gaNamhang-dong
Daepyeong-dong 2-gaNamhang-dong
Daepyeong-dong 3-gaNamhang-dong
Yeongseon-dong 1-gaYeongseon 1-dong
Yeongseon-dong 2-gaYeongseon 1-dong
Yeongseon-dong 3-gaYeongseon 2-dong
Yeongseon-song 4-gaYeongseon 2-dong
Sinseon-dong 1-gaSinseon-dong
Sinseon-dong 2-gaSinseon-dong
Sinseon-dong 3-gaSinseon-dong
Bongnae-dong 1-gaBongnae 1-dong
Bongnae-dong 2-gaBongnae 1-dong
Bongnae-dong 3-gaBongnae 1-dong
Bongnae-dong 4-gaBongnae 2-dong
Bongnae-dong 5-gaBongnae 2-dong
Cheonghak-dongCheonghak 1-dong
Cheonghak-dongCheonghak 2-dong
Dongsam-dongDongsam 1-dong
Dongsam-dongDongsam 2-dong
Dongsam-dongDongsam 3-dong

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