Naroulia

Naroulia
Нароўля

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

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