Gomel Region
Homiel Voblast or Gomel Oblast (Belarusian: Го́мельская во́бласць; translit.: Homel'skaya Voblasts; Russian: Го́мельская о́бласть; translit.: Gomel'skaya Oblast) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Homyel.
Important cities within the voblasts include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svetlahorsk, Rechytsia, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush
Homiel Province and Mahilyow Voblast suffered severely after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe. The Gomel Province borders the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in places, and part of it is designated as mandatory or voluntary resettlement areas as a result of the radioactive contamination.
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