Prokopyevsk

Prokopyevsk (English)
Прокопьевск (Russian)
-  City[1]  -

Artyom Palace of Culture

Location of Kemerovo Oblast in Russia
Prokopyevsk
Location of Prokopyevsk in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 53°53′N 86°43′E / 53.883°N 86.717°ECoordinates: 53°53′N 86°43′E / 53.883°N 86.717°E
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Administrative status (as of June 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Administrative center of Prokopyevsky District,[1] Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of January 2012)
Urban okrug Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug,[2] Prokopyevsky Municipal District[2]
Head Valery Garanin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 210,130 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 88th
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[4]
Founded 1918
City status since 1931
Postal code(s)[5] 653000
Dialing code(s) +7 3846
Official website
Prokopyevsk on WikiCommons

Prokopyevsk (Russian: Прокопьевск; IPA: [prɐˈkopʲjɪfsk]) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 210,130(2010 Census);[3] 224,597(2002 Census);[6] 273,838(1989 Census).[7]

History

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.

Administrative and municipal status

Town center

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.[2]

Economy

Prokopyevsk is one of the main centers of the extraction of coking coal in the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass).

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Law #215-OZ
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #104-OZ
  3. 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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