Gangwon Province (Sooth Korea)

Gangwon-do is a province o Republic o Korea, wi its caipital at Chuncheon. Afore the diveesion o Korea in 1945, Gangwon an its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formit a single province.

Gangwon Province 강원도
Province
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	강원도
• Hanja	江原道
• McCune‑Reischauer	Kangwŏn-to
• Revised Romanization	Gangwon-do
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Gwandong (Yeongseo: wastren Gangwon; Yeongdong: eastren Gangwon)
Caipital	Chuncheon
Subdiveesions	7 ceeties; 11 coonties
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Choi Moon-soon
Area
• Total	20,569 km2 (7,942 sq mi)
Area rank	2nt
Population  (2012)
• Total	1,551,531
• Rank	8t
• Density	75.4/km2 (195/sq mi)
Metropolitan Symbols
• Flouer	Royal Azalea
• Tree	Korean Pine
• Bird	Red-crouned Crane
Dialect	Gangwon
Website	gwd.go.kr (in Inglis)

Admeenistrative diveesions

Gangwon-do is dividit intae 7 ceeties (si) an 11 coonties (gun). The names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.

Ceeties

Chuncheon (춘천시, 春川市, caipital) Donghae (동해시, 東海市) Gangneung (강릉시, 江陵市)

Samcheok (삼척시, 三陟市) Sokcho (속초시, 束草市)

Taebaek (태백시, 太白市) Wonju (원주시, 原州市)

Coonties

Cheorwon Coonty (철원군, 鐵原郡) Goseong Coonty (고성군, 高城郡) Hoengseong Coonty (횡성군, 橫城郡) Hongcheon Coonty (홍천군, 洪川郡)

Hwacheon Coonty (화천군, 華川郡) Inje Coonty (인제군, 麟蹄郡) Jeongseon Coonty (정선군, 旌善郡) Pyeongchang Coonty (평창군, 平昌郡)

Yanggu Coonty (양구군, 楊口郡) Yangyang Coonty (양양군, 襄陽郡) Yeongwol Coonty (영월군, 寧越郡)

Cultur

Gangwon-do is kent throughoot Korea for its production o sundubu, a variety o saft tofu made wi seawatter.

See an aw

• Leet o Korea-relatit topics
• Namiseom

Freemit airtins

• Gangwon-do provincial government English-language home page Archived 2006-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Seoul City history article on Hanseong and 22 other late 19th-century districts (in Korean) Archived 2004-09-03 at the Wayback Machine