Prokuplje
Sign in to saveProkuplje (, ) 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.
Key facts
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- sr
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- Prokuplje
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- City
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- Location of the city of Prokuplje within Serbia
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- Country
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- Region
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- Southern and Eastern Serbia
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- District
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- Toplica
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- City status
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- June 2018
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- Settlements
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- 107
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- Mayor
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- Aleksandar Simonović
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- 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
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- International relations
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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.