12-12 Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju

12-12 Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju is a South Korean address with the postal code 61265. In Korean it is written 전남광주통합특별시 북구 북문대로247번길 12-12. Its older lot-number form is Dongnim-dong, 42-5.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 12-12 Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju 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 61265 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 "12-12 Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, 61265, South Korea".

Does the whole of Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil uses 61265. 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?

Dongnim-dong, 42-5 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?

Write the building address first, then a comma, then the unit. "12-12 Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, Unit 502" or "12-12 Bungmun-daero 247beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, Bldg 101 Unit 1203" are both correct. Korea does not fold the unit into the street line, and delivery works from the building address plus the postal code, so the unit only needs to be readable to the courier at the door.

What is around Dongnim-dong?

These are public facilities in the same legal district (Dongnim-dong). They are grouped by district rather than measured by distance, so walking times will vary.

Libraries and sports

• 북구다목적체육관 북문대로 200

Government offices

• 동림동행정복지센터 북문대로 236

Health centres and clinics

• 광주누가요양병원 유림로 177
• 광주연세병원 동운로 29

Childcare

• 동림어린이집 북문대로247번길 42
• 명성어린이집 북문대로242번길 40
• 유성어린이집 유림로166번길 20

Post offices

• 광주동림동우체국 북문대로 238

Police and fire

• 동림119안전센터 북문대로 202
• 동림파출소 북문대로 240

Schools

• 동림초등학교 동림용산로 7
• 한울초등학교 유림로160번길 15

Community centres

• 불공경로당 북문대로249번길 29

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