Pyeongchang County - Definition

Pyeongchang County
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
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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 candidate of South Korea for the organization of the XXIInd 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, Salzburg, Austria, and Östersund, Sweden.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Biathlon World Championships (2009)

External link

• Pyeongchang County government English-language home page (http://www.happy700.or.kr/esite/eindex.htm)
• 2010 PyeongChang (http://pyeongchang2010.com/english) -- official site of the city's Olympic bid

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