Gomel Region
Gomel Region or Homieĺ Region, also known as Gomel Oblast or Homyel Voblasts (Belarusian: Гомельская вобласць, romanized: Homieĺskaja voblasć; Russian: Гомельская область, romanized: Gomelskaya oblast), is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Gomel.
Gomel Region
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From the top to bottom-right: Turovsky Meadow, Žlobin Holy Trinity Church, Kozieł-Pakleŭski Manor, Three Sisters Monument, Paskevich Burial Vault | |
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| Country | Belarus |
| Administrative center | Gomel |
| Largest cities | Gomel – 481,200 Mazyr – 111,800 Zhlobin – 72,800 |
| Districts | 21 Cities – 17 Urban localities – 278 Villages – 2,608 |
| City districts | 4 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40,361.66 km2 (15,583.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 1,426,674 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | Br 25.6 billion (€7.2 billion) |
| • Per capita | Br 18,500 (€5,200) |
| ISO 3166 code | BY-HO |
| HDI (2017) | 0.803 very high · 4th |
| Website | www.gomel-region.by |
The total area of the region is 40,400 square kilometres (15,600 sq mi), the population in 2011 stood at 1,435,000 with the number of inhabitants per km2 at 36.
Its largest settlements include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svyetlahorsk, Rechytsa, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow and Dobrush.
Both the Gomel Region and the Mogilev Region suffered severely from the Chernobyl disaster. The Gomel Province borders the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in places, and parts of it have been designated as mandatory or voluntary resettlement areas as a result of the radioactive contamination.