Yeongdeungpo District

Yeongdeungpo 영등포구
Autonomous District
영등포구 · 永登浦區
Yeouido Skyline
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Location of Yeongdeungpo-gu in Seoul
Coordinates: 37°31′35″N 126°53′47″E / 37.52639°N 126.89639°E / 37.52639; 126.89639
Country	South Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special City	Seoul
Administrative dong	22
Government
• Body	Yeongdeungpo-gu Council
• Mayor	Choi Ho-kwon (People Power)
• MNAs	List of MNAs Kim Young-joo (People Power) Kim Min-seok (Democratic)
Area
• Total	24.56 km2 (9.48 sq mi)
Population  (2010[1])
• Total	396,243
• Density	16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time)
Postal code.	07200 ~ 07499
Area code(s)	+82-2-2600,800,780~
Website	Yeongdeungpo-gu official website

Yeongdeungpo District (Korean: 영등포구; RR: Yeongdeungpo-gu) is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" (靈登) or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite.^[2] The third syllable is "po", representing the bank of a river (浦), referring to the district's position on the Han River. The 2006 population was 408,819.

There are 22 administrative "dong" and 34 legal "dong". Yeouido-dong is the largest in area and takes up about 34% of the land. The total area is 24.56 km² (9.48 sq mi) (2004), making up 4% of Seoul's land. The annual budget is approximately 2 billion won.

Yeongdeungpo District has been heavily developed as an office, commercial, and residential district. Yeouido Dong is home to DLI 63 Building, the highest office building in South Korea and currently the 3rd tallest building in the country. The National Assembly Building is located in Yeouido-dong. Other organisations, such as the Financial Union of Korea are also based in Yeongdeungpo. There are also mass-media corporations in the area, including Kookmin Newspaper Corporation, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, and Korean Broadcasting System.