Gomel Region
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Gomel Region or Homieĺ Region,[3] 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 | |
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[2] 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]