65 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon

65 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon is a South Korean address with the postal code 34404. In Korean it is written 대전광역시 대덕구 선비마을로23번길 65. Its older lot-number form is Songchon-dong, 495-5.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 65 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon 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 34404 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 "65 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon 34404" 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 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil uses 34404. 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?

Songchon-dong, 495-5 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, 65 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon", or "502-ho, 65 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon" 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 Songchon-dong?

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

• 송촌평생학습도서관 59 Songchon-ro

Government offices

• 송촌동행정복지센터 11 Dongchundang-ro 94beon-gil

Health centres and clinics

• 대전웰니스병원 2 Dongseo-daero 1777beon-gil

Post offices

• 송촌우체국 61 Dongchundang-ro

Police and fire

• 송촌소방서 65 Dongchundang-ro
• 송촌파출소 63 Dongchundang-ro

Schools

• 대전대양초등학교 67 Songchon-ro
• 대전매봉중학교 165 Seonbimaeul-ro
• 대전매봉초등학교 155 Seonbimaeul-ro
• 대전송촌고등학교 11 Seonbimaeul-ro 23beon-gil
• 대전송촌중학교 110 Gyejoksan-ro
• 대전송촌초등학교 35 Dongchundang-ro 54beon-gil

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