43 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon

43 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon is a South Korean address with the postal code 21312. In Korean it is written 인천광역시 부평구 세월천로40번길 43. Its older lot-number form is Cheongcheon-dong, 178-23.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 43 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon 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 21312 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 "43 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon 21312" 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 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil uses 21312. 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?

Cheongcheon-dong, 178-23 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, 43 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon", or "502-ho, 43 Sewolcheon-ro 40beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon" 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 Cheongcheon-dong?

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

• (재)한국에스지아이 부평문화센터 163 Pyeongcheon-ro
• 청천도서관 23 Wongil-ro

Government offices

• 청천1동 행정복지센터 119 Sancheong-ro
• 청천2동주민센터 5 Majang-ro 410beon-gil

Health centres and clinics

• 부평성심병원 449 Majang-ro
• 세림병원 175 Bupyeong-daero

Childcare

• 맑은내어린이집 12-6 Majang-ro 468beon-gil
• 소담어린이집 30-19 Majang-ro 384beon-gil
• 홍익유치원 40 Wongil-ro

Post offices

• 부평우체국 415 Gilju-ro

Police and fire

• 인천부평경찰서 511 Gilju-ro
• 청천1치안센터 443 Majang-ro
• 청천지구대 307 Annam-ro

Schools

• 인천마장초등학교 266 Annam-ro
• 인천용마초등학교 58 Sewolcheon-ro 30beon-gil
• 인천청천초등학교 10 Sancheong-ro 127beon-gil
• 청천중학교 23 Majang-ro 364beon-gil

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