45-12 Simingongwon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan

45-12 Simingongwon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan is a South Korean address with the postal code 47196. In Korean it is written 부산광역시 부산진구 시민공원로 45-12. Its older lot-number form is Beomjeon-dong, 212-31.

Can I use this English address as it is?

45-12 Simingongwon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan follows the government's romanisation of the road and district names, but this particular building has no entry in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's English address database, so we assembled the line ourselves from the parts that do. It is in the right order for a shipping form. For a visa application or anything else that is checked against an official record, use the Korean address below as well.

Where does the postal code go?

Put 47196 in the ZIP or postal code field, and pick South Korea (or Korea, Republic of) in the country field. Korean postal codes have been five digits since August 2015; if a form rejects a six-digit code you have an old one. On an envelope, write "45-12 Simingongwon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47196" and put REPUBLIC OF KOREA alone on the last line in capitals, as the Universal Postal Union rules and Korea Post (which writes "Rep. of KOREA") ask.

Why does Simingongwon-ro have more than one postal code?

This building's code is 47196, but the Beomjeon-dong stretch alone is split across 3 of them (47196, 47197, 47205). Across the whole of Simingongwon-ro in Busanjin-gu there are 5. Korean postal codes follow delivery zones rather than roads, so a long road crosses several. Always copy the code from the page for your exact building number, not from the road.

What is the lot-number address for?

Beomjeon-dong, 212-31 is the same place in the older jibun system, which numbered land parcels instead of buildings. Korea switched to road-name addresses in 2014, but property deeds, land registers and some older records still use the lot number. For post, delivery and official forms, use the road-name address above.

How do I add a floor or unit number?

Put the unit in front of the building address, because English addresses run from the smallest unit to the largest. The official form is "101-dong 1203-ho, 45-12 Simingongwon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan", or "502-ho, 45-12 Simingongwon-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan" for a building without blocks. If a form has a separate second line, put "101-dong 1203-ho" there instead. Delivery works from the building address and the postal code, so the unit only needs to be readable to the courier at the door.

What is around Beomjeon-dong?

These are facilities registered in the same legal district (Beomjeon-dong). They are grouped by district rather than measured by distance, so walking times will vary. Facility names are given in Korean because that is what they are registered under, and what a Korean map app expects: copy the name and paste it into Kakao Map or Naver Map to find the place.

Childcare

• 박구정어린이집 26 Gyeongmajang-ro

Police and fire

• 범전치안센터 35 Beomjeon-ro 32beon-gil

Schools

• 부산진중학교 50 Simingongwon-ro
• 성지초등학교 62 Simingongwon-ro

Community centres

• 범양경로당 30-1 Gyeongmajang-ro 5beon-gil

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