21 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan

21 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan is a South Korean address with the postal code 47117. In Korean it is written 부산광역시 부산진구 성지로74번나길 21. Its older lot-number form is Choeup-dong, 528-6.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 21 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan is the official romanisation published by Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety, not a transliteration we generated. You can paste it into a shipping form at Amazon, iHerb or AliExpress, or into a visa application, without changing it. Korean addresses run from the largest unit to the smallest in Korean and the other way round in English, and this line is already in the English order.

Where does the postal code go?

Put 47117 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 "21 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47117" 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.

Does the whole of Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil uses 47117. The road sits inside a single delivery zone, so the building number does not change the code. That is not true of longer roads, where the code changes partway along.

What is the lot-number address for?

Choeup-dong, 528-6 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, 21 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan", or "502-ho, 21 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil, 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 Choeup-dong?

These are facilities registered in the same legal district (Choeup-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.

Libraries and sports

• 부산광역시립시민도서관 462 World cup-daero

Government offices

• 초읍동주민센터(성지문화복합센터) 284 Saessak-ro

Health centres and clinics

• 초읍한의원 247-2 Saessak-ro

Childcare

• 다원유치원 60-8 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil
• 다정유치원 96 Seongji-ro 74beon-gil
• 예종유치원 116 Seongji-ro

Police and fire

• 성지지구대 27 Seongji-ro 113beon-gil

Schools

• 부산진고등학교 54 Seongji-ro 94beon-gil
• 연학초등학교 10 Choeupcheon-ro 43beon-gil
• 초연중학교 9 Choeupcheon-ro 77beonga-gil
• 초읍중학교 71 Seongji-ro 94beon-gil
• 초읍초등학교 26 Seongji-ro 104beon-gil

Community centres

• 원당골어르신쉼터 경로당 49 Seongji-ro 74beonna-gil
• 초읍경로당 53 Seongji-ro 51beon-gil
• 초읍동 제일경로당 9 Seongji-ro 143beon-gil

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