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Encyclopedia > Pyeongchang County
Pyeongchang County Image:Pyeongchang.jpg
Hangul: 평창군
Hanja: 平昌郡
Revised Romanization: Pyeongchang-gun
McCune-Reischauer: P'yŏngch'ang-gun
Statistics
Area: 1,463.45 km²
Population: 48,746(2000)
Pop. density: 21 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 7 myeon
Image:Map Pyeongchang-gun.PNG

Pyeongchang County (Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. Pyeongchang bid to be the host of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It won the first round of votes with 53 against Vancouver's 40 and Salzburg's 16, but lost out 53 to 56 in the final ballot to Vancouver, Canada. This work is copyrighted. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (hangul: 한자; hanja: 漢字; revised: hanja; McCune-Reischauer: hancha; lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... Gangwon (Gangwon-do) is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. ... The 2010 Winter Olympics, known formally as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...

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Pyeongchang is the applicant city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, the 2014 Winter Olympics. This is the second attempt of this city (after 2010). Pyeongchang will compete against Sofia, Bulgaria and Salzburg, Austria. Image File history File links PyeongChang 2014 Winter Olympics bid logo. ... Image File history File links PyeongChang 2014 Winter Olympics bid logo. ... The 2014 Winter Olympics, formally called the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be an international athletic event that has yet to be organized by the International Olympic Committee. ... The 2010 Winter Olympics, known formally as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Sofia (Bulgarian: София) is the capital and biggest city of the Republic of Bulgaria, with a population of 1,208,930 (2003). ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ...


See also

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... The first Biathlon World Championship (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual (official) and relay (unofficial) contests for men. ...

External link

  • Pyeongchang County government English-language home page
  • 2014 PyeongChang -- official site of the city's Olympic bid


Administrative divisions of Gangwon province, South Korea Map showing the position of Gangwon province in South Korea
Capital
Chuncheon
Cities
Chuncheon | Donghae | Gangneung | Samcheok | Sokcho | Taebaek | Wonju
Counties
Cheorwon | Goseong | Hoengseong | Hongcheon | Hwacheon | Inje | Jeongseon | Pyeongchang | Yanggu | Yangyang | Yeongwol

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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pyeongchang County (305 words)
Pyeongchang County (Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in Gangwon-do province, South Korea and the third largest county in the country.
The county is around 180 km to the east of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
Pyeongchang was the candidate city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Pyeongchang County at AllExperts (289 words)
Pyeongchang County (Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in Gangwon-do province, South Korea and the 3rd largest county in the country.
The altitude of Pyeongchang is 700m above sea level, with some areas over 1,000m high.[1] The county is around 180km to the east of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
Pyeongchang is the candidate city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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