Gangwon
Gangwon is a province in the northeastern corner of South Korea, bordering North Korea and having a long coast along the East Sea. Remote and off the traditional tourist trail, the region is relatively undeveloped being 82% mountainous and only sparsely populated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pyeongchang and Chuncheon.
Pyeongchang
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Pyeongchang is a city and a county in Gangwon. The city hosted the 2018 Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic Games. Pyeongchang County's slogan, "Happy700 Pyeongchang", refers to the city's average elevation of approximately 700 m, which is said to help people stay in good health.
Chuncheon
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Chuncheon, formerly romanized as Ch'unch'ŏn, is the capital of Gangwon Province, South Korea. The city lies in the north of the country, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River.
Gangneung
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Gangneung is the largest coastal city in Gangwon Province, third largest overall. Gangneung is nestled at the east side of South Korea's longest mountain range, Taebaek.
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Wonju
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Wonju is the most populous city in Gangwon Province, South Korea, with a population of 364,860 as of 2023. The city is located approximately 140 kilometres east of Seoul.
Taebaek
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Taebaek is a city in the southern part of Gangwon, with abundant tourism resources including Tae-baek Mountain. It's a highland city where two of South Korea's four major rivers, the Han River and the Nakdong River, originate.
Donghae
Donghae is a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea. There are two major ports: Donghae Harbor and Mukho Harbor. The city is located on the Yeongdong Line railroad and the Donghae Expressway.
Samcheok
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Samcheok is a city in the southernmost region of Gangwon-do. It reaches out to the east coast, and Uljin in Gyeongsangbuk-do to the south. You can enjoy a romantic time by the blue ocean and mysterious caves.
Sokcho
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Sokcho is a city in Gangwon, South Korea. It's quite a sleepy city and is known as a gateway to Seoraksan National Park, which is a 30-minute bus ride from the central hub.
Cheorwon
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Cheorwon County, also spelled Chorwon, is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is located right next to the North Korean border.
Jeongseon
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Jeongseon is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is famous as the hometown of "Jeongseon Arirang," a traditional Korean folksong. It is also the hometown of actor Won Bin and footballer Seol Ki-hyeon.
Hwacheon
Hwacheon County is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The northern border is, in some places, within nine kilometres of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Yeongwol
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Yeongwol County is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. In Korea, it is known as the place where King Danjong, the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty, was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became Sejo of Joseon.
Goseong
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Goseong is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. Prior to the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953 which ceased the Korean War, Goseong, which is located north of the 38th parallel, was a part of North Korea. Kaesong, which is south of the 38th parallel and a part of South Korea before 1953, became part of the North after the Armistice.
Yangyang
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Yangyang is in Gangwon. It is a name of a small town and of a bigger county of which it is the capital. It used to be an unpopular tourist destination compared to Sokcho and Gangneung, but it became famous for surfing and now attracts about 15.22 million tourists a year.
Inje
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Inje is a county in Gangwon province in the far north of South Korea. It is a destination not only for soldiers stationed near the border, but also for travelers seeking to reconnect with nature.
Yanggu
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Yanggu County is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The northern part of Yanggu County was part of the front line for much of the Korean War, and now borders the Demilitarized Zone.
Seoraksan National Park
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Seoraksan National Park is a national park in South Korea. It is listed by the South Korean government with UNESCO as a tentative World Heritage Site. Located on the east-central Korean peninsula, the park includes the Dinosaur Ridge, Injegun, Yanyanggun, and Sokchosi.
Odaesan National Park
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Odaesan National Park is located in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. It was first designated as the 11th national park in 1975. The park is named after the 1,563-metre mountain Odaesan, which means "Five Plains Mountain", named after the five plains between the area's five major peaks.
Gangwon
- Type: Province with 1,540,000 residents
- Description: province in South Korea
- Also known as: “Gangweon Do”, “Gangwon Province”, “Gangwon Province, South Korea”, “Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province”, “Gangwon State”, “Gangwon State, South Korea”, “Gangwon-do”, “Gangwon-teukbyeoljachido”, and “Kōgen-dō”
- Neighbors: Gyeonggi, North Chungcheong, and North Gyeongsang
- Categories: special self-governing province and state of South Korea and locality
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
37.885° or 37° 53′ 6″ northLongitude of center
127.7297° or 127° 43′ 47″ eastPopulation
1,540,000Elevation
751 metres (2,464 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 1853958141OpenStreetMap feature
place=province
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Gangwon” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Gangwon”
- Arabic: “غانغوون دو”
- Arabic: “غانغوون”
- Armenian: “Գանգվոն”
- Azerbaijani: “Kanvondo”
- Balinese: “Propinsi Gangwon, Koréa Kelod”
- Basque: “Gangwon”
- Belarusian: “Канвандо (Паўднёвая Карэя)”
- Belarusian: “Канвандо”
- Belarusian: “правінцыя Канвандо”
- Bengali: “গাংওয়ান প্রদেশ”
- Bengali: “গাংওয়ান রাজ্য”
- Bulgarian: “Кануън-до”
- Burmese: “ဂံဝန်းတိုင်း (တောင်ကိုရီးယား)”
- Burmese: “ဂံဝန်းတိုင်း”
- Catalan: “Gangwon-do”
- Cebuano: “Gangwon-do”
- Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی کانگوۆن”
- Chinese: “Gangwon Te̍k-pia̍t Chū-tī-tō”
- Chinese: “江原特別自治道”
- Chinese: “江原道”
- Czech: “Kangwŏn-do”
- Czech: “Kangwon”
- Czech: “Kangwŏn”
- Danish: “Gangwon”
- Dutch: “Gangwon-do”
- Esperanto: “Gangŭon”
- Estonian: “Gangwoni provints”
- Estonian: “Kangwŏni provints”
- Finnish: “Gangwon”
- French: “État de Gangwon”
- French: “Gangwon”
- French: “province autonome spéciale de Gangwon”
- German: “Gangwon-do”
- Greek: “Γκάνγουον-ντο (Νότιας Κορέας)”
- Greek: “Γκάνγουον-ντο”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Γκάνγουον”
- Gujarati: “ગંગવાન પ્રાંત”
- Hakka Chinese: “Gangwon Thi̍t-phe̍t Chhṳ-chhṳ-tho”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kông-ngièn-tho”
- Hebrew: “גאנג וואן”
- Hindi: “गैंगवॉन प्रांत, दक्षिण कोरिया”
- Hungarian: “Kangvon”
- Indonesian: “Gangwon”
- Italian: “Gangwon”
- Japanese: “カンウォン特別自治道”
- Japanese: “江原特別自治道”
- Japanese: “江原道 (南)”
- Japanese: “江原道 (大韓民国)”
- Japanese: “江原道”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ಯಾಂಗ್ವಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kazakh: “Канвондо”
- Kazakh: “Каңвондо”
- Khmer: “ខេត្ដកាំងវ៉ុន(ប្រទេសកូរ៉េខាងត្បូង)”
- Korean: “Kangwŏn-do”
- Korean: “Kangwŏn”
- Korean: “강원”
- Korean: “강원도”
- Korean: “강원특별자치도”
- Korean: “까미노”
- Korean: “江原”
- Korean: “江原道”
- Lao: “ແຂວງກັງວອນ (ປະເທດເກົາຫຼີໃຕ້)”
- Lao: “ແຂວງກັງວອນ”
- Latvian: “Kanvondo province”
- Lithuanian: “Kangvono provincija”
- Lombard: “Gangwon-do”
- Macedonian: “Кангвон”
- Malay: “Gangwon”
- Marathi: “गंगवान प्रांत”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Gangwon Dĕk-biék Cê̤ṳ-dê-dô̤”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Gangwon Dô̤”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gangwon-tō”
- Mingrelian: “კანვონიშ პროვინცია”
- Mongolian: “Канвонь муж, Өмнөд Солонгос”
- Mongolian: “Өмнө Солонгосын Канвонь аймаг”
- Northern Frisian: “Gangwon-do”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangwon”
- Norwegian: “Gangwon”
- Persian: “استان گانگوون”
- Persian: “گانکون-دو”
- Polish: “Gangwon”
- Portuguese: “Gangwon-do”
- Portuguese: “Gangwon”
- Portuguese: “Província de Gangwon”
- Quechua: “Gangwon pruwinsya”
- Romanian: “Gangwon-do”
- Russian: “Канвондо”
- Scots: “Gangwon Province”
- Scots: “Gangwon-do”
- Sinhala: “ගන්ග්වොන් පළාත”
- Slovak: “Kangwon-do”
- Slovak: “Kangwon”
- Slovak: “강원도”
- Slovak: “江原道”
- Slovenian: “Gangvon”
- Slovenian: “Gangwon”
- Spanish: “Gangwon”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Gangwon”
- Swahili: “Gangwon-do”
- Swedish: “Gangwon”
- Tamil: “கங்வொன்”
- Tamil: “காங்வ்ன் மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “గ్యాంగ్వన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “గ్యాంగ్వన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “คังว็อนโด”
- Thai: “จังหวัดคังว็อน”
- Tok Pisin: “Gangwon”
- Turkish: “Gangwon”
- Turkish: “Kangvon”
- Ukrainian: “Канвон”
- Ukrainian: “Провінція Канвон”
- Urdu: “گانگوان صوبہ”
- Vietnamese: “Gangwon”
- Welsh: “Talaith Gangwon”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ گانگوان”
- Yue Chinese: “江原道”
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