What is Gomel?
{{Infobox settlement |name=Gomel |native_name = Гомель |nickname = |image_skyline = Homieĺ Montage (2017).jpg |imagesize = 250px |caption = |image_flag = Flag of Gomel.svg |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Homiel, Belarus.svg |pushpin_map= |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Belarus |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Belarus|Subdivision]] |subdivision_name = [[Belarus]] |subdivision_name1 = Homiel |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Viktor Pilipets |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1142 |area_total_km2 = 121 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2004 |population_note = |population_total = 481197 |population_metro = 527886 |population_density_km2 = 4258.4 |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates={{coord|52|26|43|N|30|59|03|E|region:BY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |postal_code = 246xx, 247xxx |area_code = +375 232(2) |blank_name = License plate |blank_info = 3 |website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212233132/http://www.gorod.gomel.by/page.aspx?module=text&section_id=204 www.gorod.gomel.by] |footnotes= }} '''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 {{convert|302|km|0|abbr=off}} to the South-East from [[Minsk]], {{convert|534|km|0|abbr=off}} to the East from [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]], {{convert|171|km|0|abbr=off}} to the South from [[Mogilev]], {{convert|237|km|0|abbr=off}} to the West from [[Bryansk]] and {{convert|111|km|0|abbr=off}} to the North from [[Chernihiv]]. The city's area is 121&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. ==Ot