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Prokuplje (, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Toplica District in southern Serbia. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 38,054 inhabitants.

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Settlement.native_name_lang
sr
Settlement.official_name
Prokuplje
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_shield
COA_Prokuplje.jpg
Settlement.image_map
Municipalities of Serbia Prokuplje.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the city of Prokuplje within Serbia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Southern and Eastern Serbia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Toplica
Settlement.established_title
City status
Settlement.established_date
June 2018
Settlement.parts_type
Settlements
Settlement.parts_style
para
Settlement.p1
107
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Aleksandar Simonović

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Area
759
Elevation
273
Official website
www.prokuplje.org.rs
Image
PK sa Savicevca1.jpg
Dialing code
027
Licence plate code
PK
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Commons category
Prokuplje
postal code
18400
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  • Geography
  • Climate
  • History and archaeology
  • Neolithic and Copper Age
  • Classical antiquity
  • Middle Ages
  • Ottoman rule
  • 15th-17th centuries
  • 1689-1878: wars and ethnic changes
  • Modern Serbia and Yugoslavia (1877-)
  • Demographics
  • Ethnic groups
  • Economy
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Prokuplje (, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Toplica District in southern Serbia. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 38,054 inhabitants.

Prokuplje is one of the Roman sites of Serbia. When South Serbs first settled in this area in the 6th century, the city was known as Komplos. The town was known as Ürgüp during Ottoman rule. After Serbia's victory over the Ottomans, Prokuplje was incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbia in 1878.

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