Kemerovo region is situated in moderate widths, between 52°08' and 56°54' northern width, and 84°33' and 89°28' eastern longitude. It corresponds to widths of Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Kaliningrad and Kamchatka regions in Russia and such cities and states in Western Europe as Warsaw, Berlin, Danmark, the Hague, Wales and Ireland.

The administrative borders of Kemerovo region are on land (without sea-way). In the north it borders with Tomsk region, in the east with Krasnoyarsk territory and Republic of Khakassiya. In the south borders pass on the main mountains of Gornaya Shoriya and Salairsky ridge with the Republic of Gorny Altai and Altaysky territory, in the west - on plain with Novosibirsk region. The extent of Kemerovo region from north to south is nearly 500 km, from the west to the east - 300 km.

The administrative center of the region is Kemerovo City. The distance from Moscow is 3482 km, time difference is + 4 hours. The total area of Kemerovo region is 95.5 thousand square kilometers. The population is about 2967.7 thousand people.

The climate of Kemerovo region is sharply continental: winter - cold and long, summer - short, but warm. Solar radiance on the territory of the region happens to 1722 - 2186 hours. This index in Moscow region is 1585 hours, in Sochi - 1980 and in Sukhumi - 2200 hours.

Average temperature of a year varies from - 1.4° to +1.0°. Average temperature in Kemerovo - in January - 19.2°, in July + 18.6°. The highest temperature in Kemerovo region reaches +38° in summer, but in winter the lowest one reaches -54° in the south, and -57° in the north.

Kuzbass land posesses enormous and varied minerals and raw materials. Main wealth of the region is coal.

Accoding to economic potential Kemerovo region is the largest territorial-production complex of Russia. The region is rather small and compact, with well developed network of roads and powerful many-branch economics. It plays a leading role in the economy of Siberia. About one third of production of capital funds in West Siberia concentrates here.

Kuzbass sends about 1200 types of industrial goods, such as: coal, coke, rolled steel, cast iron, aluminum, zinc, ferroalloy, slate, cement, glass, nitric fertilizers, plastic, chemical filaments, synthetic resin, electromechanical products and products of heavy machine building and others to all economic regions of the country as well as to 80 countries of the world.