Yeongdo District

Yeongdo 영도구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	影島區
• Revised Romanization	Yeongdo-gu
• McCune–Reischauer	Yŏngdo-gu
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Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	11 administrative dong
Government
• Mayor
Area
• Total	14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Population  (September 2024[1])
• 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.

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]

Yeongdo District is divided into 22 legal dong, which all together comprise 11 administrative dong, as follows:

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  Nighttime in Yeongdo
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  West Side of Yeongdo

• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

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

• Yeongdo District website (in English)

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

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