23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan
23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan is a South Korean address with the postal code 47738. In Korean it is written 부산광역시 동래구 삼성대길 23. Its older lot-number form is Myeongnyun-dong, 451-13.
| Postal code | 47738 | |
|---|---|---|
| English address | 23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan | |
| Korean address | 부산광역시 동래구 삼성대길 23 | |
| Lot-number (jibun) | 부산광역시 동래구 명륜동 451-13 |
Can I use this English address as it is?
Yes. 23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-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 47738 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 "23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan 47738" 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 Samseongdae-gil share this postal code?
Yes. Every building on Samseongdae-gil uses 47738. 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?
Myeongnyun-dong, 451-13 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, 23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan", or "502-ho, 23 Samseongdae-gil, Dongnae-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 Myeongnyun-dong?
These are facilities registered in the same legal district (Myeongnyun-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
- 명륜동행정복지센터 26 Myeongnyun-ro 207beon-gil
Health centres and clinics
- 대동병원 187 Chungnyeol-daero
- 동래구보건소 56 Myeongnyun-ro 187beon-gil
- 동래요양병원 147 Myeongnyun-ro
- 성산현대요양병원 12 Sisil-ro
Childcare
- 명륜자연유치원 43 Myeongnyun-ro 250beon-gil
- 현대어린이집 98 Dongnae-ro
Post offices
- 동래우체국 169 Myeongnyun-ro
Police and fire
- 내성지구대 109 Dongnae-ro
Schools
- 교동초등학교 73-13 Sisil-ro
- 동래중학교 109 Chungnyeol-daero 181beon-gil
- 동해중학교 19-39 Sisil-ro
- 명륜초등학교 91 Dongnae-ro
- 부산중앙여자고등학교 131 Oncheoncheon-ro
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