Gomel Oblast

Gomel region, also known as Gomel oblast or Homyel voblasts, is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is . The total area of the region is 40,400 square kilometres.
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or Homyel is a city in south-eastern . It serves as the administrative centre of Region and District, though it is administratively separated from the district.

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or Mozyr is a city in Gomel Region, in southern . It serves as the administrative center of District. It is situated on the about 210 kilometres east of and 100 kilometres northwest of in Ukraine.

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is a town in Gomel Oblast, . People visit to experience the quiet Belarusian provincial life, it has an interesting local history, Soviet-era nostalgia, and scenic riverside landscapes.

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or Turov is a small town in Gomel Oblast, . An important city of East Slavs during the Middle Ages, the centre of a vast duchy and the seat of influential bishops, it underwent a series of misfortunes including the earthquake of 1230 shortly followed by an enemy invasion, and never regained its old importance.

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Chachersk or Chechersk is a town in Gomel Region, in eastern . It serves as the administrative center of Chachersk District. As of 2025, it has a population of 8,926.

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is a natural reserve in Gomel Oblast, . The park takes its name from the River Pripyat.

Gomel Oblast

Latitude of center
52.3128° or 52° 18′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
29.5419° or 29° 32′ 31″ east
Population
1,420,000
Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
628281
Wiki­data ID
Q188732
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Gomel Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጎሜል ክልል”
  • Arabic: “غومل أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “غومل”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة غومل”
  • Armenian: “Գոմելի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Gómel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Homel vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qomel vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Гомель өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Homelgo oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Homieĺskaja voblasć”
  • Belarusian: “Гомельская Вобластсь”
  • Belarusian: “Гомельская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Гомельская вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Гомельшчына”
  • Bengali: “গোমেল অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Gomeljska oblast”
  • Bosnian: “Gomelska oblast”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Homyel‘”
  • Bulgarian: “Гомелска област”
  • Catalan: “Província de Gomel”
  • Catalan: “província de Hòmiel”
  • Catalan: “Província de Hòmiel”
  • Catalan: “Vóblasts de Hómiel”
  • Cebuano: “Homieĺskaja Voblasć”
  • Chechen: “Гомелан область”
  • Chinese: “Gomel Chiu”
  • Chinese: “戈梅利州”
  • Church Slavic: “Гомєл҄ьска область”
  • Chuvash: “Гомель облаҫӗ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Gomel vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Gomeljska oblast”
  • Croatian: “Gomelska oblast”
  • Czech: “Gomelská oblast”
  • Czech: “Homelská oblast”
  • Czech: “Homeľská oblast”
  • Danish: “Homel voblast”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Homel”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гомель вел”
  • Erzya: “Гомелэнь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Homela regiono”
  • Estonian: “Gomeli oblast”
  • Estonian: “Homieli oblast”
  • Finnish: “Homelin alue”
  • French: “Voblast de Gomel”
  • French: “voblast de Homiel”
  • French: “Voblast de Homiel”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Homieĺ”
  • Georgian: “გომელის ოლქი”
  • German: “BY-HO”
  • German: “Gomel Oblast (Belarus)”
  • German: “Gomel Oblast”
  • German: “Homelskaja Woblasz”
  • German: “Vobłasć Homiel”
  • German: “Woblast Homel”
  • Greek: “Βόμπλαστ του Γκόμελ”
  • Gujarati: “ગોમેલ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Yankun Gomel”
  • Hebrew: “הומל”
  • Hindi: “गोमेल क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Homeli terület”
  • Icelandic: “Gomel-fylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Homiel”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Homiel”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Homyel”
  • Italian: “Regione di Homel‘”
  • Italian: “Regione di Homel’”
  • Italian: “Voblas’c‘ di Homiel’”
  • Italian: “Voblasc‘ di Homel’”
  • Italian: “Voblasc‘ di Homel”
  • Italian: “Voblasc‘ di Homiel’”
  • Italian: “Voblast di Gomel”
  • Italian: “Voblast di Homiel‘”
  • Italian: “Voblast di Homyel”
  • Japanese: “ゴメリ州”
  • Japanese: “ホメリ州”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Gomel”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊಮೆಲ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Гомельская область”
  • Kirghiz: “Гомельская область”
  • Korean: “고멜 주”
  • Korean: “호멜주”
  • Latin: “Regio Homelensis”
  • Latvian: “Gomeļas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Gomelio sr”
  • Lithuanian: “Gomelio sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Гомељска област”
  • Malay: “Homieĺ Region”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Gomel”
  • Marathi: “गोमेल प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gomel Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “გომელიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Гомелень аймак”
  • Northern Frisian: “Homelj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gomel oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gomelskaja oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Homjel voblasts”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Homjelskaja voblasts”
  • Norwegian: “Homjel voblasts”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Província de Hómiel”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Gomel”
  • Ossetian: “Гомелы облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੋਮੇਲ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “استان گومل”
  • Persian: “منطقه گومل”
  • Polish: “obwód homelski”
  • Polish: “Obwód homelski”
  • Portuguese: “Homiel”
  • Portuguese: “Óblast de Homiel”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Gomel”
  • Portuguese: “Voblast de Homiel”
  • Pushto: “د گومل ولایت”
  • Romanian: “Homiel”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Gomel”
  • Russian: “Gomelskaya Oblast”
  • Russian: “Homyelskaya Voblasts”
  • Russian: “Гомельская Oбласть”
  • Russian: “Гомельская область”
  • Russian: “Гомельская Область”
  • Rusyn: “Гомельска область”
  • Samogitian: “Guomele srėtės”
  • Scots: “Gomel Region”
  • Serbian: “Gomeljska oblast”
  • Serbian: “Гомељска област”
  • Sicilian: “Voblasci ri Homel‘”
  • Sicilian: “Voblasci ri Homel’”
  • Sinhala: “ගොමෙල් කලාපය, බෙලරුස්”
  • Sinhala: “ගොමෙල් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Gomeľská oblasť”
  • Slovak: “Homeľská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Gomeljska oblast”
  • Slovenian: “Gomelska oblast”
  • Somali: “Gobanimo Gomel”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Gómel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gomel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gómel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Homiel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Homyel”
  • Spanish: “Region de Gomel”
  • Spanish: “Región de Gomel”
  • Spanish: “Region de Homiel”
  • Spanish: “Región de Homiel”
  • Swahili: “Kanda la Gomel”
  • Swedish: “Gomel oblast”
  • Swedish: “Homel voblast”
  • Swedish: “Homels voblast”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Гомел”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Гомел”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Гомель”
  • Tamil: “கோமேல் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Гомель өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Һомел өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “గోమెల్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “กอร์เมล”
  • Thai: “แคว้นโฆเมียล”
  • Turkish: “Homel Voblastı”
  • Turkish: “Homyel Voblastı”
  • Turkish: “Homyel”
  • Ukrainian: “Гомельська область” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: “Гомєльська область”
  • Urdu: “گومل ریجن”
  • Urdu: “گومل علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gomel viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Gomel”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Homieĺ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہومیئل ووبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “戈梅利州”
  • “Guomėlė srėtės”
  • “Homieĺskaja voblasć”

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