Yeongdeungpo District (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. 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. The current magistrate is Kim Hyung-Su.