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.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Gomel and Mazyr.

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.

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.

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.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Turaŭ and Čačersk.

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.

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.

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

Gomel Oblast

  • Type: State with 1,420,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division (voblasć) in Belarus
  • Also known as: “BY-HO”, “Gomel”, “Gomel oblast”, “Gomel Oblast (Belarus)”, “Gomel region”, “Gomel Region”, “Gomeli oblast”, “Gomelio sr”, “Gomelská oblast”, “Gomeľská oblasť”, “Gomelskaja oblast”, “Homel region”, “Homel Region”, “Homeľská oblast”, “Homiel”, “Homieĺ Region”, “Homielskaja vobłasć”, “Homjelskaja voblasts”, “Homyel”, “Homyel‘ Voblasc’”, “Homyel’ Voblasc’”, “Óblast de Homiel”, “Provincia de Gomel”, “Província de Gomel”, “Region de Gomel”, “Región de Gomel”, “Region de Homiel”, “Región de Homiel”, “Regiunea Homiel”, “Voblas’c‘ di Homiel’”, “Vobłasć Homiel”, “Voblasc‘ di Homel”, “Voblasc‘ di Homel’”, “Voblasc‘ di Homiel’”, “Voblast de Gomel”, “Voblast di Gomel”, “Voblast di Homiel‘”, “Voblast di Homyel”, “Vóblasts de Hómiel”, “Гомельшчына”, “غومل”, “گومل ریجن”, and “고멜 주”
  • Neighbors: , , , and
  • Categories: region of Belarus and locality
  • Location: , ,
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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)
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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: “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”
  • Bengali: “গোমেল অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Gomeljska oblast”
  • Bosnian: “Gomelska oblast”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Homyel‘”
  • Bulgarian: “Гомелска област”
  • Catalan: “província de Hòmiel”
  • Catalan: “Província de Hòmiel”
  • Cebuano: “Homieĺskaja Voblasć”
  • Chechen: “Гомелан область”
  • Chinese: “戈梅利州”
  • Church Slavic: “Гомєл҄ьска область”
  • Chuvash: “Гомель облаҫӗ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Gomel vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Gomeljska oblast”
  • Croatian: “Gomelska oblast”
  • Czech: “Homelská oblast”
  • Danish: “Homel voblast”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Homel”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гомель вел”
  • Erzya: “Гомелэнь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Homela regiono”
  • Estonian: “Homieli oblast”
  • Finnish: “Homelin alue”
  • French: “voblast de Homiel”
  • French: “Voblast de Homiel”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Homieĺ”
  • Georgian: “გომელის ოლქი”
  • German: “Gomel Oblast”
  • German: “Homelskaja Woblasz”
  • 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’”
  • Japanese: “ゴメリ州”
  • Japanese: “ホメリ州”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Gomel”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊಮೆಲ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Гомельская область”
  • Kirghiz: “Гомельская область”
  • Korean: “호멜주”
  • Latin: “Regio Homelensis”
  • Latvian: “Gomeļas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Gomelio sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Гомељска Област”
  • Malay: “Homieĺ Region”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Gomel”
  • Marathi: “गोमेल प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gomel Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Region Gomel”
  • Mingrelian: “გომელიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Гомелень аймак”
  • Northern Frisian: “Homelj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Homjel 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: “Região de Gomel”
  • Portuguese: “Voblast de Homiel”
  • Pushto: “د گومل ولایت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Gomel”
  • Russian: “Gomelskaya Oblast”
  • Russian: “Homyelskaya Voblasts”
  • Russian: “Гомельская Oбласть”
  • Russian: “Гомельская область”
  • Russian: “Гомельская Область”
  • Rusyn: “Гомельска область”
  • Rusyn: “Гомельська область”
  • Samogitian: “Guomele srėtės”
  • Samogitian: “Guomėlė 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: “Homeľská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Gomelska oblast”
  • Somali: “Gobanimo Gomel”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Gómel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gómel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Homiel”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Homyel”
  • Swahili: “Kanda la Gomel”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Homyel Voblastı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гомельська область” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: “Гомєльська область”
  • Urdu: “گومل علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gomel viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Gomel”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Homieĺ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہومیئل ووبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “戈梅利州”
  • “Homieĺskaja voblasć”

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