En Name: | Prokopyevsk |
Ru Name: | Прокопьевск |
Coordinates: | 53.8833°N 129°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Prokopievsk COA 2020.jpg |
Federal Subject: | Kemerovo Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2011 |
Adm City Jur: | Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Prokopyevsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
Inhabloc Cat: | City |
Mun Data As Of: | January 2012 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Prokopyevsky Municipal District |
Leader Title: | Head |
Leader Name: | Maksim Shkarabeynikov |
Pop 2010Census: | 210130 |
Pop 2010Census Rank: | 88th |
Established Date: | 1918 |
Current Cat Date: | 1931 |
Postal Codes: | 653000 |
Dialing Codes: | 3846 |
Website: | http://pearlkuz.ru/ |
Commonscat: | Prokopyevsk |
Date: | April 2010 |
Prokopyevsk (Russian: Прокопьевск|p=prɐˈkopʲjɪfsk) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population:
It was founded in 1918 as the settlement of Prokopyevsky (Russian: Проко́пьевский) from the existing villages of Monastyrskoye and Prokopyevskoye, and was granted town status and renamed in 1931.[1]
thumb|right|200px|Town centerWithin the framework of administrative divisions, Prokopyevsk serves as the administrative center of Prokopyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug.[3]
Prokopyevsk is one of the main centers of the extraction of coking coal in the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass).