18 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon

18 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon is a South Korean address with the postal code 21929. In Korean it is written 인천광역시 연수구 샘말로8번길 18. Its older lot-number form is Yeonsu-dong, 631-5.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 18 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil, Yeonsu-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 21929 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 "18 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21929" 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 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil uses 21929. 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?

Yeonsu-dong, 631-5 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, 18 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon", or "502-ho, 18 Saemmal-ro 8beon-gil, Yeonsu-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 Yeonsu-dong?

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

• 연수도서관 96 Hambangmoe-ro 152beon-gil

Government offices

• 연수1동행정복지센터 127 Hambangmoe-ro
• 연수2동행정복지센터 158 Woninjae-ro
• 연수3동행정복지센터 283 Woninjae-ro

Health centres and clinics

• 인천적십자병원 263 Woninjae-ro
• 희망찬요양병원 118 Yongdam-ro

Childcare

• 느티나무어린이집 222 Woninjae-ro
• 한울유치원 304 Woninjae-ro

Post offices

• 인천우체국 226 Hambangmoe-ro

Police and fire

• 연수1치안센터 289 Meonugeum-ro
• 연수경찰서 138 Woninjae-ro

Schools

• 가천대학교 191 Hambangmoe-ro
• 문남초등학교 273 Meonugeum-ro
• 연수고등학교 145 Woninjae-ro
• 연수중학교 231 Woninjae-ro
• 연수초등학교 324 Woninjae-ro
• 연화중학교 156 Yongdam-ro
• 인천생활과학고등학교 103 Hambangmoe-ro
• 인천여자고등학교 14 Biryu-daero 506beon-gil

Community centres

• 노인복지회관 194 Hambangmoe-ro
• 함박마을경로당 51-2 Hambagan-ro 62beon-gil

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