36 Dongmun-daero 216beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju

36 Dongmun-daero 216beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju is a South Korean address with the postal code 61165. In Korean it is written 전남광주통합특별시 북구 동문대로216번길 36. Its older lot-number form is Gakhwa-dong, 518.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 36 Dongmun-daero 216beon-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 61165 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 "36 Dongmun-daero 216beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, 61165, South Korea".

Does the whole of Dongmun-daero 216beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Dongmun-daero 216beon-gil uses 61165. 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?

Gakhwa-dong, 518 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. "36 Dongmun-daero 216beon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, Unit 502" or "36 Dongmun-daero 216beon-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 Gakhwa-dong?

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

Government offices

• 문화동주민센터 군왕로 233

Health centres and clinics

• 광주미래병원 두리봉길 59
• 광주아주병원 동문대로 208
• 우암병원 동문대로248번길 10
• 이내과의원 군왕로 198

Childcare

• 문화어린이집 군왕로207번길 60

Schools

• 각화중학교 군왕로 234
• 각화초등학교 각화대로39번길 10

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