13-1 Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan

13-1 Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan is a South Korean address with the postal code 49260. In Korean it is written 부산광역시 서구 천해로41번길 13-1. Its older lot-number form is Amnam-dong, 2-26.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 13-1 Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil, Seo-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 smallest unit to the largest 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 49260 in the ZIP or postal code field, and add South Korea as the country. Korean postal codes have been five digits since August 2015; if a form rejects a six-digit code you have an old one. For international mail the full line reads "13-1 Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan, 49260, South Korea".

Does the whole of Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil uses 49260. 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?

Amnam-dong, 2-26 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, 13-1 Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan", or "502-ho, 13-1 Cheonhae-ro 41beon-gil, Seo-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 Amnam-dong?

These are public facilities in the same legal district (Amnam-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

• 암남동주민센터 83 Chungmu-daero

Health centres and clinics

• 고신대학교의과대학, 고신대학교복음병원 262 Gamcheon-ro
• 알로이시오 기념병원, 알로이시오 힐링센터 229 Gamcheon-ro

Post offices

• 부산송도우체국 47 Chungmu-daero

Schools

• 송도초등학교 25 Chungmu-daero
• 알로이시오초등학교 16-9 Cheonhae-ro 13beon-gil
• 천마초등학교 38 Cheonhae-ro 7beon-gil

Community centres

• 모지포마을회관 230-1 Amnamgongwon-ro
• 송도노인정 38 Chungmu-daero
• 신암노인정 3 Amnam-ro 8beon-gil
• 원양어선원복지회관 191 Wonyang-ro
• 천암경로당 3-1 Cheonhae-ro 39beon-gil

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