Gangwon Province, South Korea

Gangwon State

Gangwon Province
Gangwon State Gangwon Province
Special Self-Governing Province
	From the left: Gangneung, Wonju, Sokcho, Yeongwol, and Goseong
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	Coordinates: 37°30′N 128°15′E / 37.500°N 128.250°E
Country	South Korea
Region	Gwandong; (Yeongseo: western Gangwon; Yeongdong: eastern Gangwon)
Largest city	Wonju
Capital	Chuncheon
Subdivisions	7 cities; 11 counties
Government
• Governor	Woo Sang-ho (Democratic)
Area
• Total	16,875 km2 (6,515 sq mi)
Population (October, 2022)
• Total	1,537,339
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Metropolitan Symbols
• Flower	Royal azalea
• Tree	Korean pine
• Bird	Red-crowned crane
GDP (Nominal, 2023)
• Total	KRW 62 trillion; (US$ 50 billion)
• Per capita	US$ 34,426
ISO 3166 code	KR-42
Dialect	Gangwon; (Yeongseo: western Gangwon dialect; Yeongdong: eastern Gangwon dialect)
Website	Official website (English)
Korean name
Hangul	강원특별자치도
Hanja	江原特別自治道
RR	Gangwon-teukbyeoljachido
MR	Kangwŏn-t'ŭkpyŏljach'ido

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Gangwon Province (Korean: 강원도), officially Gangwon State (강원특별자치도; lit. 'Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province'), is a Special Self-Governing Province of South Korea. It is known as the largest and least densely populated subdivision of South Korea. Gangwon is one of the three provinces in South Korea with special self-governing status, the others being Jeju Province and Jeonbuk State. Gangwon is bordered on the east by the East Sea, it borders Gyeonggi Province to the west, North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province to the south, and the Military Demarcation Line to the north, separating it from North Korea. In the 1945 division of Korea, the historical Gangwon Province was divided in half, and remains so to this day.