Yeongdo District

Yeongdo

영도구
Yeongdo 영도구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	影島區
• Revised Romanization	Yeongdo-gu
• McCune–Reischauer	Yŏngdo-gu
	Flag
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	11 administrative dong
Area
• Total	14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Population (September 2024)
• Total	104,661
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Yeongdo District Office

Yeongdo District (Korean: 영도구; RR: Yeongdo-gu) 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 District.

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 District.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Yeongdo District 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 1-dong
Yeongseon-dong 3-ga	Yeongseon 2-dong
Yeongseon-song 4-ga	Yeongseon 2-dong
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	Bongnae 2-dong
Cheonghak-dong	Cheonghak 1-dong
Cheonghak-dong	Cheonghak 2-dong
Dongsam-dong	Dongsam 1-dong
	Dongsam 2-dong
	Dongsam 3-dong