Yeongdo District () is a '' gu'' (district) in

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, 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. The

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and the

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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.

Administrative divisions

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

Sister cities

* Luwan,

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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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