Prokopyevsky District
District in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
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Prokopyevsky District (Russian: Проко́пьевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Prokopyevsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,450 square kilometers (1,330 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the city of Prokopyevsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 31,442 (2010 census);[3] 33,705 (2002 Census);[6] 35,657 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
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Prokopyevsky District
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Landscape in Prokopyevsky District | |
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 Location of Prokopyevsky District in Kemerovo Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′00″N 86°43′00″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Prokopyevsk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,450 km2 (1,330 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 31,442 |
| • Density | 9.11/km2 (23.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 10 rural territorie |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 75 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Prokopyevsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 32622000 |
| Website | http://admprokop.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prokopyevsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.[1] The city of Prokopyevsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prokopyevsky Municipal District.[4] Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug.[4]