18-11 Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil, Dong-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju

18-11 Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil, Dong-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju is a South Korean address with the postal code 61428. In Korean it is written 전남광주통합특별시 동구 동계천로43번길 18-11. Its older lot-number form is Gyerim-dong, 298-9.

Can I use this English address as it is?

Yes. 18-11 Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil, Dong-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 61428 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 "18-11 Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil, Dong-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, 61428, South Korea".

Does the whole of Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil share this postal code?

Yes. Every building on Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil uses 61428. 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?

Gyerim-dong, 298-9 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. "18-11 Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil, Dong-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju, Unit 502" or "18-11 Donggyecheon-ro 43beon-gil, Dong-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 Gyerim-dong?

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

Government offices

• 계림1동주민센터 경양로247번길 26

Childcare

• 동구보듬이나눔이어린이집 구성로 229
• 프란치스카유치원 동계로 79-28

Post offices

• 계림동우체국 중앙로 261-4

Police and fire

• 풍향파출소 필문대로 34

Schools

• 계림초등학교 중앙로 320
• 광주고등학교 중앙로 302

Community centres

• 경양경로당 경양로243번길 23-1
• 유림경로당 중흥로 220-6

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