Yeongdo 영도구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	影 島 區
• Revised Romanization	Yeongdo-gu
• McCune-Reischauer	Yǒngdo-ku
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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

Yeongdo District ( Korean: 영도구) is a gu (district) 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.^{[ citation needed]}

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)

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