Gangwon Province South Korea

Gangwon Province, officially Gangwon State, 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 th…
Gangwon Province, officially Gangwon State, 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 Sea of Japan, 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.
  • Largest city: Wonju
  • Capital: Chuncheon
  • Country: South Korea
  • Region: Gwandong
  • Subdivisions: 7 cities; 11 counties
  • ISO 3166 code: KR-42
  • Dialect: Gangwon
Data from: en.wikipedia.org