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Yeongdo-gu

Yeongdo District is a gu in , South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeong-do located on the south edge of central Busan. It attained the status of gu in 1957.
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  • Type: Borough with 163,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of South Korea
  • Also known as: “Yeongdo District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Busan Port Bridge and Diamond Tower.

Bridge
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Busan Harbor Bridge is a bridge in , South Korea. The bridge connects the districts of Yeongdo District and . The bridge was completed in 2014. It appeared in episode 420 of the television show Running Man.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Yeong-Nam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Busan Tower is a 120-metre-high tower at , located in , South Korea. It was built in 1973. It is only used for entertainment purposes and doesn't have any transmitting equipment.

Railway station
Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a train station in , South Korea. It is the southern terminus of the Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongbu high-speed railway, the most important railway lines in the country which links Busan with .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Busan and Seo-gu.

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consists of the districts of Dong-gu, Jung-gu, Seo-gu, Nam-gu and Busanjin-gu. This is the old town of Busan with a lot of post-war buildings, large docks and atmosphere. The place to go see the heritage of the city.

Suburb
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Seo District is a gu, or district, in south-west central , South Korea.

Suburb
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Dong District is a gu in central , South Korea. It was one of the first 6 gu of Busan established in 1957. Busan Station is located in . has a status of sister localities with , and Zhifu District, Yantai City, .

Yeongdo-gu

Latitude
35.0908° or 35° 5′ 27″ north
Longitude
129.0678° or 129° 4′ 4″ east
Population
163,000
Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)
Open location code
8Q7F33R9+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415144974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1832581
Wiki­data ID
Q50423
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Yeongdo-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Chinese: “Yeongdo Khu”
  • Chinese: “影岛区”
  • Chinese: “影島區”
  • Dutch: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Estonian: “Yeongdo linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Yeongdo ringkond”
  • French: “district de Yeongdo”
  • French: “District de Yeongdo”
  • German: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Greek: “Γιόνγκντο-γκου”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Yeongdo”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Yeongdo”
  • Italian: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Japanese: “ヨンドグ”
  • Japanese: “ヨンド区”
  • Japanese: “影島区”
  • Korean: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Korean: “Yŏngdo-gu”
  • Korean: “영도”
  • Korean: “영도구”
  • Korean: “影島區”
  • Malay: “Daerah Yeongdo”
  • Malayalam: “യോങ്‌ഡോ ജില്ല”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yeongdo Khu”
  • Persian: “ناحیه یونگدو”
  • Russian: “Йондогу”
  • Scots: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Spanish: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Spanish: “Yeongdo”
  • Swedish: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Turkish: “Yeongdo”
  • Urdu: “یونگدو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu Yeongdo”
  • Vietnamese: “Yeongdo-gu”
  • Yue Chinese: “影島區”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cheonghak-dong and Bongnae-dong 5(o)-ga.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include stone tower park and borough office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yeongdo-gu”. Photo: Doo Ho Kim, CC BY-SA 2.0.