Yeongdo-gu

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<tr> <td align=center style="background:#ccf; border-bottom:1px solid">Yeongdo-gu</td><td style="border-top:1px solid">Image:Yeongdo-gu logo.png</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid"> Hangul:</td> <td style="border-top: 1px solid; white-space: nowrap"> 영도구</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid; white-space: nowrap">影島區</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid"> Revised Romanization:</td> <td style="border-top:1px solid; white-space: nowrap"> Yeongdo-gu</td> </tr><tr> <td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">McCune-Reischauer:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid; white-space: nowrap">Yǒngdo-ku</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center style="border-top:1px solid">Statistics</td></tr> <tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid"> Area: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">13.98 km²</td> </tr><tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid">Population: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">162,961 February 2006 reg.[1]</td> </tr> <tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid">Pop. density: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">11657 people/km² </td> </tr><tr><td align=right style="border-top:1px solid">Administrative divisions: </td><td style="border-top:1px solid">14 administrative dong</td> </tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center style="border-top:1px solid">Image:Yeongdo-gu BUSAN.png</td></tr>

Yeongdo-gu is a gu in Busan, South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeong-do (Yeong Island) located on the south edge of central Busan. Yeongdo-gu covers a surface of 13.98 km² and is home to about 165,000 people. It attained the status of gu in 1957.

The Korea Maritime University is located in Yeongdo-gu.