Uijeongbu City Undergoes Complete Overhaul of Administrative Phone Numbers

Uijeongbu City (Mayor Ahn Byung-yong) completely overhauled its administrative phone numbers on the 6th.

The city unified administrative phone numbers for each department according to organizational structure to enhance citizen convenience and operational efficiency, addressing inconsistencies that had caused inconvenience to residents.

While organizational restructuring had occurred multiple times in the past, creating a need to change administrative phone numbers, the city had been reluctant to modify numbers that had been previously publicized to citizens. Moreover, when assigning new administrative phone numbers, the numbers often did not align with the organizational structure, frequently causing confusion among residents. This prompted the complete overhaul of administrative phone numbers.

The key feature of the reorganized phone numbers is that different area codes numbers (828, 870) are assigned by organization, and administrative phone numbers are consistently assigned by department, allowing citizens to infer the remaining phone numbers by knowing just one department's number.

Uijeongbu City anticipates that citizens may experience some inconvenience due to this administrative phone number restructuring. The city plans to make every effort in active publicity to minimize any disruption to residents.