Pyeongchang County

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Image:Pyeongchang.jpg Pyeongchang County
Hangul 평창군 Hanja 平昌郡 Revised Romanization Pyeongchang-gun McCune-Reischauer P'yŏngch'ang-gun
Statistics
Area 1,463.65 km² (565 sq mi) Population (2004) 46,531 [1] Population density 21/km² (54/sq mi) Administrative divisions 1 eup, 7 myeon
Location map
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Pyeongchang County (Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in Gangwon province, South Korea and the third largest county in the country. It is located in the Taebaek Mountains region, and is home to a number of Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. The altitude of Pyeongchang is 700 m above sea level, with some areas over 1,000 m high.[1] The county is around 180 km to the east of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

Contents 1 Olympic Games aspirations 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 4.1 General 4.2 Olympics-related

[edit] Olympic Games aspirations

Main article: 2014 Winter Olympics bids

Pyeongchang was the candidate city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, the 2014 Winter Olympics. This was the second attempt of this city (after 2010).

On June 22, 2006, the number of candidates was narrowed to three; Pyeongchang competed against Salzburg, Austria and Sochi, Russia.[2] In the final round of voting on July 4, 2007, Salzburg was eliminated first, with Sochi ultimately selected over Pyeongchang as host city of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games by just 4 votes.

Previously Pyeongchang bid to be the host of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It won the first round of votes with 51 against Vancouver's 40 and Salzburg's 16, but lost out 53 to 56 in the final ballot to Vancouver.

[edit] See also

• Doam-myeon, a subdivision of Pyeongchang-gun that will host the 2009 Biathlon World Championships

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] General

• Pyeongchang County government English-language home page
• Galbijim wiki page on Pyeongchang

[edit] Olympics-related

• 2014 PyeongChang — official site of the city's Olympic bid
• PyeongChang 2014 candidature files
• Government website of the Gangwon province (in English)
• GamesBids.com — information on bids for the hosting of the Olympic Games
• Gangwon Province goes all out to host 2014 Winter Games — from Korea.net
• CNN News on results of bid

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