Gomel Region or Gomel Oblast or Homiel Voblasts ( be, Го́мельская во́бласць, Homielskaja vobłasć, russian: Гомельская область, Gomelskaya oblast) is one of the

regions of Belarus At the top level of administration, Belarus is divided into six ''oblasts'' (''voblasts'' or provinces). The city of Minsk, has a special status as the capital of Belarus. Minsk is also the capital of Minsk Region.administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the o ...

. The total area of the region is , the population in 2011 stood at 1,435,000 with the number of inhabitants per km² at 36. Important cities within the region include:

Homiel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the or ...

Mazyr Mazyr ( be, Мазыр, ; russian: Мозырь ''Mozyr'' , pl, Mozyrz , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at approximately . The p ...

Zhlobin Zhlobin ( be, Жло́бін; russian: Жло́бин, pl, Żłobin, lt, Žlobinas) is a city in the Zhlobin District of Gomel Region, Belarus, located on the Dnieper river. As of 2017, the population was 76,078. The city is notable for being ...

Svietlahorsk , nickname = Svietly (The Bright), , image_skyline = Svetlahorsk, Homieĺ Voblaść, Belarus.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = In the center of town, with ''16-floor one'' (left) and ''house with a clock'' (rig ...

Rechytsa , nickname = , image_skyline = Rzeczyca (BY) plac.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = Rechytsa town centre, Kastrychnitskaya (October) Square , image_flag = Flag of Rečyca, Belarus.svg , image_shield ...

, Kalinkavichy,

Rahachow Rahachow or Rahačoŭ ( be, Рагачо́ў, ; russian: Рогачёв, Rogachyov, also transliterated Rogachev; pl, Rohaczów; yi, ראגאטשאוו, ''Rogatshov'', ) is a town in the Gomel Region of Belarus. It is center of Rahachow Distri ...

and

Dobrush Dobrush ( be, Добруш, , russian: Добруш, pl, Dobrusz) is a town within the Gomel Region of Belarus. It is located on the Iput River. Mentioned for the first time in 1335. Dobruš is governed by a Regional Executive Committee, the c ...

. Both the Gomel Region and the

Mogilev Region Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region ('' oblast' ...

suffered severely from the

Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two n ...

. The Gomel Province borders the

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС, ...

in places, and parts of it have been designated as mandatory or voluntary resettlement areas as a result of the

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Administrative territorial entities

Gomel Region comprises 21

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

and 2 city municipalities. The districts have 278

selsovets Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

, and 17 cities and towns.

Districts of Gomel Region

* Akciabrski District *

Brahin District Brahin District or Brahinski Rajon ( be, Брагінскі раён, russian: Брагинский район, Bragin District), is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Its administrative seat is the small town of Brahin. Geography The dis ...

Buda-Kashalyova District Buda-Kashalyova District, Buda-Kašaliouski Rajon ( be, Буда-Кашалёўскі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Places of interest Biological reserve "Buda-Kašaloǔski on the Dnieper } The Dnieper () or Dni ...

Chachersk District Chachersk District, Čačerski Rajon ( be, Чачэрскі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Рес� ...

Dobrush District Dobrush District, Dobrušski Rajon ( be, Добрушскі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Its capital is Dobrush and the uninhabited Russian exclave Sankovo-Medvezhye is situated here. Administrative Divisions The Dobr ...

Gomel District Gomel District, Homieĺski Rajon ( be, Гомельскі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Респ ...

Kalinkavichy District Kalinkavichy District, Kalinkavičy Rajon or Kalinkavicki Rajon ( be, Калінкавіцкі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the ...

Karma District Karma District, Karma Rajоn, Karmianski Rajоn ( be, Кармянскі раён, russian: Кормянский район ) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russ ...

Khoiniki District Khoiniki District or Chojnicki Rajon ( be, Хойніцкі раён, russian: Хойникский район) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Its administrative seat is the town of Hoiniki. Geography The district includes the town ...

Lyelchytsy District Lyelchytsy District or Lieĺčycki Rajon ( be, Лельчыцкі раён, translit=Lieĺčycki rajon; ) is a district (''raion'') of Belarus located in the Gomel Region. Its administrative center is Lieĺčycki. History The district was cr ...

Loyew District Loyew District or Lójeŭski Rajon ( be, Лоеўскі раён, translit=Lojeŭski rajon; russian: Лоевский район, translit=Loyevsky rayon) is a district ('' raion'') of Belarus located in the Gomel Region. Its administrative cen ...

Mazyr District Mazyr Raion, Mazyrski Raion ( be, Мазырскі раён) is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Districts of Gomel Region {{Belarus-geo-stub ...

* Naroulia District *

Pietrykaw District The Pyetrykaw District, Pietrykaŭski Rajon ( be, Петрыкаўскі раён) is a district of the Gomel Region, in Belarus. Notable residents * Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village - 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a vic ...

Rahachow District Rahachow District ( be, Рагачоўскі раён; russian: Рогачёвский район) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in Gomel Region. The administrative seat and largest city is the city of Rahachow ...

* Rechytsa District *

Svietlahorsk District Svietlahorsk Rajon, Svietlahorski Rajon ( be, Светлагорскі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Twin towns * Bielsk Podlaski, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe ...

* Vietka District * Yel’sk District * Zhlobin District * Zhytkavichy District

Cities and towns

Geography

Pripyatsky National Park covers 2% of the territory of the region. Eleven wildlife preserves of national importance cover 2.1% of the region. The extreme southern point of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

is located in Gomel Region, on the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...

to the south of the urban-type settlement of

Kamaryn Kamaryn is a village in the Brahin district of Belarus, near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat. Its population in 2017 was 1,777. It experienced heavy nuclear fallout during the Chernobyl disaster. Geography Kamaryn is on the Dnieper } The ...

. The 3rd largest lake in Belarus,

Lake Chervonoye Lake Chervonoye (, ; ) is a large freshwater lake in the Zhytkavichy Raion, Gomel Oblast of Belarus. Located at around , it has an area of and a maximum depth of about . The lake is used for fishery Fishery can mean either the enterprise o ...

, is located in Gomel Region, Zhytkavichy District. Gomel Region borders

on the north,

Brest Region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...

on the west,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...

(

Bryansk Oblast Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of th ...

) on the east and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

(

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, ...

and

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

) on the south and southeast.

Demography

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Economy

The processing industry is represented by alcohol,

alcoholic beverage An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink, adult beverage, or a drink) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol that acts Alcohol (drug), as a drug and is produced by Ethanol fermentation, fermentat ...

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented grapes. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different ...

beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

and

soft drink A soft drink (see § Terminology for other names) is a drink A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common t ...

s, vegetable-drying and canning industries.

is home to one of Belarus' major

oil refineries An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, li ...

Transport

Gomel Region is a major

transport hub A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes. Public transport hubs include railway stations, rapid transit stations, bus stops, tram stops, airports and ferry slips. F ...

. Major railway junctions include Gomel, Zhlobin, and Kalinkavichy. Gomel is located at the intersection of the highways 95E

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

–

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

–

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Bakhmach –

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urba ...

, and M10

Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban la ...

– Brest. River transport is also common in the region with regular navigation on the Pripyat, Dnieper and

Berezina The Berezina or Biarezina ( be, Бярэ́зіна; ) is a river in Belarus and a right tributary of the Dnieper. The river starts in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. The length of the Berezina is 613 km. The width of the river is 15-20 m, the ...

rivers.

Tourism

The number of travel agencies in Gomel Region has grown from 21 in 2000 to 54 in 2010. Main tourist destinations of the region are Pripyatsky National Park and

References

External links

Gomel Oblast Executive CommitteeGomel Regional Executive Committee (Archive) (2004)Homel Region: Epicentre Of Troubles That Bore Celebrities
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