Editing Gomel (section)

{{Short description|City in Gomel Region, Belarus}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                 = Gomel
|other_name           = Homyel
|native_name          = {{native name|be|Гомель|paren=omit}}
|nickname             = 
|settlement_type      = [[List of cities and largest towns in Belarus|City]]
|image_skyline = {{multiple image
|border = infobox
|total_width = 270
|image_style = border:1
|perrow = 1/2/2
|caption_align = center
|image1 = Палацава-паркавы комплекс ў Гомелі. Фасад палаца.jpg{{!}}Gomel Palace
|image2 = Гомель. Советская 8. Доходный дом Лейбы Маянца 19.JPG{{!}}State Post Office heritage building
|image3 = Homieĺ, Prabojnaja. Гомель, Прабойная (2021) 01.jpg{{!}}Main Directorate of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus for the Gomel Region
|image4 = Homieĺ, zamčyšča. Гомель, замчышча (2021) 04.jpg{{!}}Sozh River Embankment
|image5 = Гомельскі палацава-паркавы комплекс. Бакавы фасад сабора.jpg{{!}}St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
|caption1 = [[Gomel Palace]]
|caption2 = Post office
|caption3 = National Bank
|caption4 = [[Sozh River]] Embankment
|caption5 = [[Peter and Paul Cathedral, Gomel|St. Peter and Paul Cathedral]]}}
|image_flag           = Flag of Gomel.svg
|image_shield         = Coat of Arms of Homiel, Belarus.svg
|flag_size            = 150
|shield_size          = 75
| mapsize                         = 230px
| map_caption                     = Location of Gomel in Belarus
| pushpin_map                     = Belarus#Europe
| pushpin_relief                  = 1
|subdivision_type     = Country
|subdivision_type1    = [[Regions of Belarus|Region]]
|subdivision_name     = [[Belarus]]
|subdivision_name1    = [[Gomel Region]]
|leader_title         = Chairman
|leader_name          = Petr Kirichenko
|established_title    = First mentioned
|established_date     = 1142
|area_footnotes       = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://map.nca.by/|title=Публичная кадастровая карта}}</ref>
|area_magnitude       = 
|area_total_km2       = 145.12
|area_land_km2        = 
|area_water_km2       = 
|population_as_of     = 2025
|population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210112/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_148168/|archive-date=29 March 2025|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>
|population_total     = 501,193
|population_metro     = 
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone             = [[Moscow Time|MSK]]
|utc_offset           = +3
|timezone_DST         = 
|utc_offset_DST       = 
|coordinates          = {{coord|52|26|43|N|30|59|03|E|region:BY|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m          = 138
|postal_code_type     = Postal code
|postal_code          = 246xx, 247xxx
|area_code            = +375 232(2)
|blank_name           = License plate 
|blank_info           = 3
|website              = {{URL|http://www.gorod.gomel.by}}
}}

'''Gomel'''<ref>{{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|oʊ|m|əl}} {{respell|GOH|məl}}; [http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gomel "Gomel"] ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> ({{langx|ru|Гомель}}, {{IPA|ru|ˈɡomʲɪlʲ|IPA}}) or '''Homyel'''<!--See WP:BELARUSIANNAMES--> ({{langx|be|Гомель|Homieĺ}},{{efn|[[Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script|Official transliteration (2023)]].}} {{IPA|be|ˈɣomʲelʲ|IPA}}) is a city in south-eastern [[Belarus]]. It serves as the administrative centre of [[Gomel Region]] and [[Gomel District]], though it is administratively separated from the district.<ref name="pop" /> As of 2025, it is the [[List of cities and largest towns in Belarus|second-largest city]] in Belarus, with 501,193 inhabitants.<ref name="pop" />