Gomel region, also known as Gomel oblast[a] or Homyel voblasts,[b] is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Gomel. The total area of the region is 40,400 square kilometres (15,600sqmi). As of 2024, it had a population of 1,338,617.[1]
Gomel region is a major transport hub. Major railway junctions include Gomel, Zhlobin, and Kalinkavichy. Gomel is located at the intersection of the highways 95E Odesa–Kyiv–St. Petersburg, Bakhmach–Vilnius, and M10 Bryansk–Brest. River transport is also common in the region with regular navigation on the Pripyat, Dnieper and Berezina rivers.
Tourism
The number of travel agencies in Gomel region has grown from 21 in 2000 to 54 in 2010.[10][11] The main tourist destinations of the region are Pripyatsky National Park and Gomel.
As a result of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 20 out of 21 districts of the Gomel region were damaged,
357 settlements ceased to exist, about 40 farms and 216 thousand hectares of agricultural land were taken out of operation,
1127 settlements were contaminated, the number of affected population was 749 thousand people.[12] The most affected districts are: Brahin, Khoyniki, Narowlya, Vyetka, Dobrush, Chachersk, Karma.[13] The Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, which is a radioecological nature reserve, is situated in the southern part of the region. It was created to enclose the territory of Belarus most affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. Children in the Gomel oblast (region) in Belarus received the highest thyroid doses of radiation in the county.[14]
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