{{Short description|District of Gomel region, Belarus}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Vyetka district |native_name = {{native name|be|Веткаўскі раён}}<br />{{native name|ru|Ветковский район}} |image_flag = Flag of Vietka, Belarus.svg |flag_size = 150 |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Vietka, Belarus.svg |shield_size = 75 |image_map = Belarus, Homieĺskaja voblasć, Vietkaŭski rajon.png |settlement_type = District |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Belarus |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Gomel region |seat_type = Administrative center |seat = Vyetka |area_total_km2 = 1,558.62 |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|archive-date=2 April 2024|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref> |population_total = 17,109 |population_density_km2 = auto |elevation_m = |timezone = MSK |utc_offset = +3 }}
'''Vyetka district''' or '''Vetka district''' ({{langx|be|Веткаўскі раён|Vietkaŭski rajon}}; {{langx|ru|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.<ref name="pop"/>
==Geography== The district covers an area of {{convert|1558|km2}} 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== {| class="wikitable" |+ Population<ref>{{Cite web| title=Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа | language=ru | trans-title=Population as of January 1, 2023 and average annual population for 2022 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities, urban-type settlements | url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/upload/iblock/a5d/ldk4wixkq91lgnvvgplqizlt02u8d43a.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144537/http://www.belstat.gov.by/upload/iblock/a5d/ldk4wixkq91lgnvvgplqizlt02u8d43a.pdf | archive-date=2023-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Численность населения по г. Гомелю и районам | url=https://gomel.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/demograficheskaya-i-sotsialnaya-statistika/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/godovye-dannye/chislennost-naseleniya-po-raionam/ | access-date=2025-08-15 | website=gomel.belstat.gov.by}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. | url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr70_reg1.php | access-date=2025-08-15 | website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. | url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr79_reg1.php | access-date=2025-08-15 | website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. | url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg1.php | access-date=2025-08-15 | website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref><ref>:ru:Ветковский район</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}}
|- !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 |}
== Culture == * Vojnič-Sienažecki Palace and Park Complex * Vetka Museum of Old Believers and Belarusian Traditions
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Vietka District}} * [http://vetka.gomel-region.by Administration site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162830/http://vetka.gomel-region.by/ |date=2011-07-06 }} * [http://radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=en&rajon_id1=hove Photos on Radzima.org]
{{Gomel Region}} {{Authority control}}
{{Coord|52|41|00|N|31|13|32|E|region:BY_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-huwiki|display=title}}
Category:Vyetka district
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