Editing Gangneung (section)

{{Short description|City in Gangwon, South Korea}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Gangneung
| native_name        = {{lang|ko-Hang|강릉시}}
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in South Korea|Municipal City]]
| translit_lang1     = Korean
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Hangul]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ko|강릉시}}
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Hanja]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|ko|{{linktext|江|陵|市}}}}
| translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_info3 = Gangneung-si
| translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info4 = Kangnŭng-si
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
| caption_align = center
| border      = infobox
| total_width = 300
| perrow = 1/2/2
| color  = white
| image1 = Songjeong at the beach 02.jpg
| caption1 = Songjeong Beach
| image2 = Jumunjin Lighthouse 20220501 026.jpg
| caption2 = Jumunjin Lighthouse
| image3 = Namdae stream water reflection of colorful clouds from Wolhwagyo bridge in Gangneung South Korea.jpg
| caption3 = Namdaecheon
| image4 = Gyeongpo Beach 20220502 018.jpg
| caption4 = Gyeongpo Beach
| image5 = Ojukheon 20220501 052.jpg
| caption5 = [[Ojukheon]]
}}
| image_map          = Gangwon-Gangneung.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_caption        = Location in South Korea
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = South Korea
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Gwandong]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Provinces of South Korea|Province]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon State]]
| established_title  = First official recorded
| established_date   = 129 BC
| established_title2 = City established
| established_date2  = September 1, 1955
| established_title3 = As merger with Myeongju area
| established_date3  = January 1, 1995
| population_blank1_title = Dialect
| population_blank1  = [[Gangwon dialect|Gangwon]]
| area_total_km2     = 1040
| population_as_of   = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref>
| population_total   = 208,161
| population_density_km2 = auto
<!-- government type, leaders -->| government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Kim Hong-gyu
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = <!-- etc., up to leader_title4 / leader_name4 -->
| parts_type         = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| parts              = 1 ''eup'', 7 ''myeon'', 13 ''dong''
| coordinates        = {{coord|37|45|N|128|54|E|region:KR-42|display=it}}
| blank_name         = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info         = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]
| image_blank_emblem = Gangneung City Logo.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Emblem of Gangneung
| image_flag         = Flag of Gangneung.svg
| area_code          = +82-33
}}

'''Gangneung''' ({{Korean|hangul=강릉}}; {{IPA|ko|kaŋ.nɯŋ}}) is a [[list of cities in South Korea|municipal city]] in [[Gangwon, South Korea|Gangwon province]], on the east coast of [[South Korea]]. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).<ref name="pop">Gangneung City (2003). [http://www.gangneung.go.kr/english/main_sub.jsp?qp=01_02 Population & Households] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716233538/http://www.gangneung.go.kr/english/main_sub.jsp?qp=01_02 |date=2012-07-16 }}. Retrieved January 14, 2006.</ref> Gangneung is the economic centre of the [[Yeongdong (region)|Yeongdong region]] of Gangwon State. It has many tourist attractions, such as [[Jeongdongjin]], a very popular area for watching the sunrise, and Gyeongpo Beach. The city hosted all the ice events for the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] and the [[2024 Winter Youth Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.gn.go.kr/eng/contents.do?key=1355 |title = Gangneung Curling Centre |publisher = Gangneung city |access-date = 2018-02-09}}</ref>