Yeongdo-gu

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Yeongdo-gu
Hangul:	영도구
Hanja:	影島區
Revised Romanization:	Yeongdo-gu
McCune-Reischauer:	Yǒngdo-ku
Statistics
Area:	13.98 km²
Population:	162,961 February 2006 reg.[1]
Pop. density:	11657 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	14 administrative dong

Yeongdo-gu is a gu in Busan, South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeong-do (Yeong Island) located on the south edge of central Busan. Yeongdo-gu covers a surface of 13.98 km² and is home to about 165,000 people. It attained the status of gu in 1957.

The Korea Maritime University is located in Yeongdo-gu.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Yeongdo-gu is divided into 6 legal dong, which altogether comprise 14 administrative dong, as follows:

• Namhang-dong
• Yeongseon-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Sinseon-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Bongnae-dong (3 administrative dong)
• Cheonghak-dong (2 administrative dong)
• Dongsam-dong (3 administrative dong)

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

[edit] External links

• Yeongdo-gu website (in english)