Prokopyevsk
Прокопьевск | |
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Coordinates: 53°53′N 86°43′E / 53.883°N 86.717°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
Founded | 1918 |
City status since | 1931[2] |
Government | |
• Head | Maksim Shkarabeynikov |
Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 210,130 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 194,084 (−7.6%) |
• Rank | 88th in 2010 |
• Subordinated to | Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1] |
• Capital of | Prokopyevsky District,[1] Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1] |
• Urban okrug | Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug[5] |
• Capital of | Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug,[5] Prokopyevsky Municipal District[5] |
Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [6]) |
Postal code(s)[7] | 653000 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 3846 |
OKTMO ID | 32737000001 |
Website | pearlkuz |
Prokopyevsk (Russian: Прокопьевск, IPA: [prɐˈkopʲjɪfsk]) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 210,130 (2010 Russian census);[3] 224,597 (2002 Census);[8] 273,838 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
It was founded in 1918 as the settlement of Prokopyevsky (Проко́пьевский) from the existing villages of Monastyrskoye and Prokopyevskoye, and was granted town status and renamed in 1931.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prokopyevsk serves as the administrative center of Prokopyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] 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.[1] As a municipal division, Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug.[5]
Prokopyevsk is one of the main centers of the extraction of coking coal in the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass).