30 Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan

30 Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan is a South Korean address with the postal code 49263. In Korean it is written 부산광역시 서구 충무대로145번길 30. Its older lot-number form is Nambumin-dong, 611-103.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 30 Chungmu-daero 145beon-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 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 49263 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 "30 Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan 49263" 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 Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil uses 49263. 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?

Nambumin-dong, 611-103 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, 30 Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil, Seo-gu, Busan", or "502-ho, 30 Chungmu-daero 145beon-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 Nambumin-dong?

These are facilities registered in the same legal district (Nambumin-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

• 남부민1동주민센터 5-26 Chungmu-daero 255beon-gil
• 남부민2동 주민센터 87 Cheonma-ro

Post offices

• 부산천마우편취급국 107 Cheonma-ro

Police and fire

• 부산해양경찰서 남항파출소 91 Haeansaebyeoksijang-gil
• 송도지구대 210 Chungmu-daero
• 충무소방파출소 186 Chungmu-daero

Schools

• 남부민초등학교 153 Cheonma-ro
• 부산관광고등학교 52 Cheonma-ro
• 송도중학교 15 Haeyang-ro

Community centres

• 남부민 경로당 3 Haedoji-ro 99beon-gil
• 남산경로당 16 Chungmu-daero 145beon-gil
• 남성경로당 116-1 Cheonma-ro
• 부암경로당 1 Cheonhae-ro 34beon-gil
• 천마경로당 156 Haedoji-ro
• 천우경로당 115 Cheonma-ro

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