39 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan

39 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan is a South Korean address with the postal code 47382. In Korean it is written 부산광역시 부산진구 가야공원로40번길 39. Its older lot-number form is Gaya-dong, 499-21.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 39 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-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 47382 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 "39 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47382" 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 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil uses 47382. 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?

Gaya-dong, 499-21 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, 39 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan", or "502-ho, 39 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-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 Gaya-dong?

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

Government offices

• 가야1동주민센터 22 Gaya-daero 572beon-gil

Childcare

• 삼정어린이집 80-1 Eomgwang-ro 208beon-gil
• 연수빛나라유치원 15-14 Eomgwang-ro 182beon-gil
• 예솔어린이집 273 Eomgwang-ro
• 한솔어린이집 10 Gayagongwon-ro 40beon-gil

Post offices

• 부산진우체국 579 Gaya-daero

Police and fire

• 가야119안전센터 627 Gaya-daero
• 가야1치안센터 7 Daehak-ro
• 가야지구대 10 Gayagongwon-ro

Schools

• 가남초등학교 325 Eomgwang-ro
• 가야고등학교 152 Eomgwang-ro
• 가야여자중학교 15-25 Eomgwang-ro 182beon-gil
• 가야여자중학교 45 Eomgwang-ro 204beon-gil
• 가야초등학교 22 Daehak-ro
• 가평초등학교 87 Gaya-daero 482beon-gil
• 동의대학교 176 Eomgwang-ro
• 부산개성중학교 176-12 Eomgwang-ro

Community centres

• 가남경로당 45 Gaya-daero 668beon-gil
• 양지경로당 3 Eomgwang-ro 326beonna-gil

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