Gomel

Gomel or Homyel is a city in south-eastern . It serves as the administrative centre of Gomel Region and Gomel District, though it is administratively separated from the district.
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  • Type: City with 500,000 residents
  • Description: city in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Gomij”, “Homel”, “Hómiel”, “Homl”, “Homlye”, “Homyel”, “Hómyel”, “Һомел”, and “ゴメル”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace and Central Stadium.

Castle
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The Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence is the main place of historical importance in the city of Gomel, . The grounds of the residence stretch for 800 meters along the steep right bank of the Sozh River.

Stadium
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is a football-specific in Gomel, Belarus. It is currently used as a home ground of Gomel. The stadium is all-seater and has a capacity of 14,307 people. The stadium was opened in 2004.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pieramoha and Yubiliejny.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Gomel

Latitude
52.4239° or 52° 25′ 26″ north
Longitude
31.0132° or 31° 0′ 47″ east
Population
500,000
Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)
IATA airport code
GME
United Nations Location Code
BY GME
Open location code
9G4HC2F7+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26151301
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
627907
Wiki­data ID
Q2678
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gomel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Homel”
  • Amharic: “ጎሜል”
  • Arabic: “غوميل”
  • Armenian: “Գոմել”
  • Asturian: “Gómel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gomel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qomel”
  • Basque: “Homel”
  • Batak Toba: “Homieĺ”
  • Belarusian: “Гомель”
  • Bengali: “গোমেল”
  • Bosnian: “Gomel”
  • Bosnian: “Gomelj”
  • Breton: “Homyel‘”
  • Breton: “Homyel’”
  • Bulgarian: “Гомел”
  • Catalan: “Hòmiel”
  • Cebuano: “Homieĺ”
  • Chechen: “Гомель”
  • Chinese: “戈梅利”
  • Church Slavic: “Гомєл҄ь”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Gomel”
  • Croatian: “Gomel”
  • Croatian: “Gomelj”
  • Croatian: “Homelj”
  • Czech: “Homel”
  • Danish: “Gomel”
  • Danish: “Homel”
  • Dutch: “Homel”
  • Dutch: “Homieĺ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гомель”
  • Erzya: “Гомель”
  • Esperanto: “Homel”
  • Estonian: “Gomel”
  • Estonian: “Homiel”
  • Finnish: “Homel”
  • French: “Gomel”
  • French: “Homiel”
  • Galician: “Homieĺ”
  • Georgian: “გომელი”
  • German: “Gomel”
  • German: “Homel”
  • Greek: “Γόμελ”
  • Gujarati: “ગોમેલ”
  • Hausa: “Gomel”
  • Hebrew: “הומל”
  • Hindi: “गोमेल”
  • Hungarian: “Homel”
  • Iban: “Homieĺ”
  • Ido: “Gomel”
  • Ido: “Homiel”
  • Indonesian: “Homyel”
  • Irish: “Homieĺ”
  • Italian: “Homel‘”
  • Italian: “Homel’”
  • Japanese: “ホメリ”
  • Javanese: “Gomel”
  • Kannada: “ಗೋಮೆಲ್”
  • Karekare: “Gomel”
  • Kazakh: “Гомель”
  • Kirghiz: “Гомель”
  • Komi: “Гомель”
  • Korean: “호멜”
  • Latin: “Homel”
  • Latvian: “Gomeļa”
  • Lithuanian: “Gomelis”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Homel”
  • Macedonian: “Гомељ”
  • Malay: “Gomel”
  • Maltese: “Homiel”
  • Marathi: “गोमल”
  • Mazanderani: “گومل”
  • Moksha: “Гомель”
  • Mongolian: “Гомель”
  • Northern Frisian: “Homelj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Homjel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Homjel”
  • Norwegian: “Homjel”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gomel”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Homiel”
  • Oromo: “Gomel”
  • Ossetian: “Гомель”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੋਮੇਲ”
  • Persian: “گومل”
  • Polish: “Homel”
  • Portuguese: “Gomel”
  • Pushto: “ګومل”
  • Romanian: “Gomel”
  • Russian: “Гомель”
  • Scots: “Gomel”
  • Serbian: “Gomelj”
  • Serbian: “Гомељ”
  • Silesian: “Homjel”
  • Sinhala: “ගොමෙල්, බෙලරුස්”
  • Sinhala: “ගොමෙල්”
  • Slovak: “Homeľ”
  • Slovenian: “Gomel”
  • Somali: “Gomel”
  • Spanish: “Gómel”
  • Swahili: “Gomel”
  • Swedish: “Homel”
  • Swiss German: “Homel”
  • Tahitian: “Homel”
  • Tajik: “Гомел”
  • Tajik: “Гомель”
  • Tamil: “கோமெல்”
  • Tatar: “Гомель”
  • Telugu: “గోమెల్”
  • Thai: “กอเมล”
  • Thai: “โฆเมียล”
  • Turkish: “Gomel”
  • Turkish: “Homel”
  • Ukrainian: “Гомель”
  • Ukrainian: “Гомєль”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Homel”
  • Urdu: “گومل”
  • Urdu: “گوميل”
  • Uzbek: “Gomel”
  • Venetian: “Homel‘”
  • Veps: “Gomel‘”
  • Veps: “Gomel’”
  • Vietnamese: “Gomel”
  • Volapük: “Homyel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gomel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Homyel”
  • Welsh: “Gomel”
  • Wu Chinese: “戈梅利”
  • Yakut: “Гомель”
  • Yiddish: “האָמל”
  • Yue Chinese: “戈梅利”
  • “Homieĺ”

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