Yeongdo District

Yeongdo
Yeongdo
Autonomous District
	Flag
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Busan
Administrative divisions	11 administrative dong
Government
• Mayor	Kim Gi-jae (김기재)
Area
• Total	14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Population (September 2024)
• Total	104,661
• Density	7,370/km2 (19,100/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Yeongdo District Office
Korean name
Hangul	영도구
Hanja	影島區
RR	Yeongdo-gu
MR	Yŏngdo-gu

Yeongdo District (Korean: 영도구) is a gu (district) in Busan, South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeongdo (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 Yeongdo (Yeong Island) was Jeoryeongdo (Jeoryeong 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 "Jeoryeongdo".

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