Muju County
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| Muju County |  |
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| Hangul: | 무주군 |
| Hanja: | 茂朱郡 |
| Revised Romanization: | Muju-gun |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Muju-gun |
| Statistics | |
| Area: | 631.68 km² |
| Population: | 29,207 (2001) |
| Pop. density: | 46.2 people/km² |
| Administrative divisions: | 1 eup, 5 myeon |
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Muju County (Muju-gun) is a county in North Jeolla Province (Jeollabuk-do), South Korea. It is divided geographically into two regions by the Sobaek Mountains. Muju is a popular destination for winter recreation.
Muju-eup is the main city and hosted the 1997 Winter Universiade.
Muju was considered by South Korean Olympic Committee to compete for the right to host 2014 Winter Olympics. However, the International Ski Federation announced that Muju will not be able to host such an event, and Pyeongchang entered the competition as the South Korean candidate city for 2014.
"Muju" lat=35.999481, lon=127.673203 (Google Earth)
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| Administrative divisions of North Jeolla province, South Korea | |
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| Capital: | Jeonju |
| Cities: | Asan | Gimje | Gunsan | Iksan | Jeongeup | Jeonju | Namwon |
| Counties: | Buan | Gochang | Imsil | Jangsu | Jinan | Muju | Sunchang | Wanju |
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