Pyeongchang County
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Template:Korean district logo Pyeongchang County (Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is located in the Taebaek Mountains region, and is home to a number of Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa.
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.
Image:Pyeongchang2014.jpg Pyeongchang is the applicant city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, the 2014 Winter Olympics. This is the second attempt of this city (after 2010). Pyeongchang will compete against Sofia, Bulgaria; Salzburg, Austria; Sochi, Russia; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Jaca, Spain; and Borjomi, Georgia.
See also
- Yongpyeong-myeon, a subdivision of Pyeongchang-gun that will host the 2009 Biathlon World Championships
- List of Korea-related topics
External links
- Pyeongchang County government English-language home page
- 2014 PyeongChang -- official site of the city's Olympic bid
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