{{Short description|District of Busan, South Korea}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Yeongdo | native_name = {{nobold|영도구}} | native_name_lang = ko | settlement_type = Autonomous District | translit_lang1 = Korean | image_skyline = View of Yeongdo.png | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_blank_emblem = Yeongdo-gu logo.png | image_map = Busan Yeongdo-gu.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Korea | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = Provincial level | subdivision_type3 = Administrative divisions | subdivision_name1 = Yeongnam | subdivision_name2 = Busan <!-- government type, leaders -->| government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Kim Gi-jae ({{Korean|hangul=김기재|labels=no}}) | subdivision_name3 = 11 administrative ''dong'' | parts_type = | parts = | area_total_km2 = 14.2 | population_total = 104,661 | population_as_of = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Gyeongsang | website = {{URL|http://www.yeongdo.go.kr/|Yeongdo District Office}} | translit_lang1_type1 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info1 = 影島區 | translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info2 = Yeongdo-gu | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Yŏngdo-gu | image_flag = Flag of Yeongdo, Busan.svg }}

[[File:Korea Maritime University in Busan.png|thumb|300px|Korea Maritime and Ocean University]]

'''Yeongdo District''' ({{Korean|hangul=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|date=April 2022}}

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeongdo.go.kr/05about/03_03.asp|script-title=ko:영도구 : 홈 > 영도구소개 > 구연혁 > 지명유래<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==

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

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{| class="wikitable" !Legal ''dong'' !Administrative ''dong'' |- |Namhang-dong 1-ga | rowspan="8" |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 | rowspan="2" |Yeongseon 1-dong |- |Yeongseon-dong 2-ga |- |Yeongseon-dong 3-ga | rowspan="2" |Yeongseon 2-dong |- |Yeongseon-song 4-ga |- |Sinseon-dong 1-ga | rowspan="3" |Sinseon-dong |- |Sinseon-dong 2-ga |- |Sinseon-dong 3-ga |- |Bongnae-dong 1-ga | rowspan="3" |Bongnae 1-dong |- |Bongnae-dong 2-ga |- |Bongnae-dong 3-ga |- |Bongnae-dong 4-ga | rowspan="2" |Bongnae 2-dong |- |Bongnae-dong 5-ga |- | rowspan="2" |Cheonghak-dong |Cheonghak 1-dong |- |Cheonghak 2-dong |- | rowspan="3" |Dongsam-dong |Dongsam 1-dong |- |Dongsam 2-dong |- |Dongsam 3-dong |}

==Sister cities== *{{flagicon|PRC}} Luwan, China *{{flagicon|PHI}} Marikina, Philippines

== Cityscape == <gallery> File:Yeongdo, Busan.png| File:Side of Yeongdo in Busan.png| File:Night of Yeongdo.png|Nighttime in Yeongdo File:Western Side of Yeongdo.png|West Side of Yeongdo </gallery>

==See also== *Geography of South Korea *Subdivisions of South Korea

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Yeongdo-gu, Busan}} * [http://english.yeongdo.go.kr/ Yeongdo District website] {{in lang|en}}

{{Busan}} {{coord|35|04|50|N|129|03|50|E|region:KR_type:city|display=title}}

Category:Yeongdo District Category:Districts of Busan

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