Yeongdo District is a '' gu'' in

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. 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. The

Korea Maritime and Ocean University Korea Maritime & Ocean University is South Korea's most prestigious national university, national university for maritime study, transportation science and engineering. It is located in Yeongdo-gu in Busan. The university is also known for having ...

and the

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of Korea are located in Yeongdo-gu.

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-gu.

Administrative divisions

Yeongdo-gu is divided into 22 legal ''dong'', which all together comprise 11 administrative ''dong'', as follows: 02-04-yeongdo-en

Sister cities

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Cityscape

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

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