Naroulia

Naroulia
Нароўля

Coat of arms

Naroulia

Coordinates: 51°53′21″N 29°57′52″E / 51.88917°N 29.96444°ECoordinates: 51°53′21″N 29°57′52″E / 51.88917°N 29.96444°E

Country

Belarus

Voblast

Gomel Region

Population (2005)

• Total

8,329

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Naroulia (Belarusian: Нароўля) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. The population is 8329 people as of 2005. In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident.^[1] Today it is located on the border of Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.

Gallery

Wooden synagogue before 1906.
Painting of the arount 1927 by Aron Kascialianski (1891-1934)
Synagogue in 1916

References

↑ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chernobyl_radiation_map_1996.svg

Subdivisions of Gomel Region, Belarus

Districts (raions)	Aktsyabrski Brahin Buda-Kashalyova Chojniki Chachersk Dobrush Gomel Kalinkavichy Karma Lyelchytsy Loyew Mozyr Narowlya Pyetrykaw Rahachow Rechytsa Svyetlahorsk Vyetka Jelsk Zhlobin Zhytkavichy

Cities	Brahin Buda-Kashalyova Khoiniki Chachersk Dobrush Gomel Kalinkavichy Mozyr Narowlya Pietrykaw Rahachow Rechytsa Svyetlahorsk Turov Vasilievichy Vyetka Jelsk Zhlobin Zhytkavichy

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