Gomel
Gomel (also Homiel, Homel) is the administrative center of Gomel Voblast.  It is the second-largest city in Belarus. It has a population of 482,652 (2009 census). Gomel is in the southeastern part of the country, on the right bank of Sozh river.  It is  to the South-East from Minsk,  to the East from Brest,  to the South from Mogilev,  to the West from Bryansk and  to the North from Chernihiv. The city's area is 121 km2.