Pyeongchang County
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| 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.
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 the likes of Sofia, Bulgaria and Salzburg, Austria.
See also
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 | Image:Gangwon map.png |
|---|---|
| Capital Chuncheon | |
| Cities Chuncheon | Donghae | Gangneung | Samcheok | Sokcho | Taebaek | Wonju | |
| Counties Cheorwon | Goseong | Hoengseong | Hongcheon | Hwacheon | Inje | Jeongseon | Pyeongchang | Yanggu | Yangyang | Yeongwol | |
