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Vyetka District

Веткаўскі раён (Belarusian)
Ветковский район (Russian)
Vyetka District Веткаўскі раён (Belarusian); Ветковский район (Russian)
District
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Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Administrative center	Vyetka
Area
• Total	1,558.62 km2 (601.79 sq mi)
Population (2024)
• Total	17,109
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Vyetka District or Vetka District (Belarusian: Веткаўскі раён, romanized: Vietkaŭski rajon; Russian: Ветковский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Vyetka. As of 2024, it has a population of 17,109.^[1]

Geography

The district covers an area of 1,558 square kilometres (602 sq mi) and includes 139 settlements, of which only 82 are inhabited. The remaining 57 settlements are situated in the exclusion zone following the Chernobyl disaster, as the contaminated area was evacuated due to high radiation levels. The areas north and east of the city of Vetka fall within the evacuated zone, which extends all the way to the Russian border. Signs placed along the roads indicate the start of the zone boundary.

Population

Population^[2]^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year	population	Year	population	Year	population	Year	population	Year	Header text
1970	52,689	2001	21,121	2006	19,481	2011	18,569	2016	17,776
1979	44,261	2002	20,721	2007	19,298	2012	18,359	2017	17,790
1989	35,321	2003	20,486	2008	19,070	2013	18,109	2018	17,838
1996	20,600	2004	20,045	2009	18,928	2014	17,896	2019	17,810
2000	21,411	2005	19,775	2010	18,677	2015	17,812	2023	17,268