Gangwon Province, South Korea

Gangwon State 강원특별자치도
Special Self-Governing Province
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	강원특별자치도
• Hanja	江原特別自治道
• McCune‑Reischauer	Kangwŏn T'ŭkpyŏl Chach'ido
• Revised Romanization	Gangwon Teukbyeol Jachido
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 / 37.500; 128.250
Country	South Korea
Region	Gwandong (Yeongseo: western Gangwon; Yeongdong: eastern Gangwon)
Largest city	Wonju
Capital	Chuncheon
Subdivisions	7 cities; 11 counties
Government
• Governor	Kim Jin-tae (People Power)
Area
• Total	16,875 km2 (6,515 sq mi)
Population  (October, 2022[2])
• Total	1,537,339[1]
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Metropolitan Symbols
• Flower	Royal azalea
• Tree	Korean pine
• Bird	Red-crowned crane
GDP [3]
• Total	KR₩ 53 trillion US$ 42 billion (2022)
ISO 3166 code	KR-42
Dialect	Gangwon (Yeongseo: western Gangwon dialect; Yeongdong: eastern Gangwon dialect)
Website	Official website (English)

Gangwon State (Korean: 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. The northern portion is administered by the DPRK and is called Kangwŏn Province (Note that "Kangwŏn" and "Gangwon" have the exact same spelling and pronunciation in Korean: 강원)

Pyeongchang County in Gangwon hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics. Gangwon also hosted the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Prior to 2023, it was officially called Gangwon-do (강원도), which means Gangwon Province, and it is still often colloquially referred to as such.