page_title: Gangneung
hierarchical_section_title: Gangneung
caption_attribution_description: English: Gyeongpo Lake
context_page_description: Gangneung is a municipal city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658. Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of Gangwon-do. Gangneung has many tourist attractions, such as Jeongdongjin, a very popular area for watching the sun rise, and Gyeongpo Beach. There is an ROKAF airbase south of downtown Gangneung that formerly doubled as a civil airport.
  The city hosted all the ice events for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
context_section_description: Gangneung ([kaŋ.nɯŋ]) is a municipal city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea.  It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017). Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of Gangwon-do. Gangneung has many tourist attractions, such as Jeongdongjin, a very popular area for watching the sun rise, and Gyeongpo Beach. There is an ROKAF airbase south of downtown Gangneung that formerly doubled as a civil airport.
  The city hosted all the ice events for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
caption: Gyeongpo Lake
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