Vetka

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Vetka Belarusian:Горад Ветка
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Vetka
Coordinates: 52°34′N 31°11′E / 52.567°N 31.183°E / 52.567; 31.183
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Homiel Voblast
Raion
Population (2006)
- Total	8,000
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Vetka is a town and principal centre in Vetka Raion in Homiel Voblast, Belarus. It is located in an area which is highly contaminated due to the nuclear fallout of the Chernobyl disaster.^[1]

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v • d • e Subdivisions of Homiel Voblast, Belarus Districts (raioni) Aktsyabarski · Brahin · Buda-Kashalyowa · Chachersk · Dobrush · Homiel · Kalinkavichy · Khoiniki · Karma · Lyelchytsy · Loyew · Mazyr · Narowla · Petrykaw · Rahachow · Rechytsa · Svetlahorsk · Vetka · Yelsk · Zhlobin · Zhytkavichy Cities Brahin · Buda-Kashalyova · Chachersk · Dobrush · Homiel · Kalinkavichy · Khoiniki · Mazyr · Narowla · Petrykaw · Rahachow · Rechytsa · Svetlahorsk · Turaw · Vassilyevichy · Vetka · Yelsk · Zhlobin · Zhytkavichy

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Coordinates: 52°34′N 31°11′E / 52.567°N 31.183°E / 52.567; 31.183