Tula
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Summary
Tula is a city or town[1]. Tula ranks in the top 2% of city or town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,084 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Hero City of the Soviet Union[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Municipal Formation of the City of Tula[4]
- Country: Russia[5]
- Head of government: Olga Slyusareva[6], Эрк, Алексей Алоисович[7], Беспалов, Илья Ильич[8]
- Instance of: big city[9]
- Named after: Tulitsa[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Central District[11], Пролетарский территориальный округ[12], Зареченский территориальный округ[13], Privokzalny City District[14], Советский территориальный округ[15]
- Flag: flag of Tula[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Albany[17], Kutaisi[18], Kaluga[19], Banská Bystrica[20], Mogilev[21]
- Postal code: 300000–300999[22]
- Commons category: Tula[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[24]
- Local dialing code: 4872[25]
- Official website: http://www.tula.ru/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tula, Russia[27]
- Commons gallery: Тула[28]
- Population: 501,169[29], 485,930[30], 485,221[31], 482,873[32], 473,622[33], 466,609[34]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Q56886785[35]
- Time of earliest written record: 1146[36]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], The New Student's Reference Work[42], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[43]
- Capital of: Municipal Formation of the City of Tula[44], Tula Oblast[45], Tula Uyezd[46], Tula District[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tula[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tula[49]
- Native label: Тула[50]
- Category for people buried here: Q7978480[51]
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Physical Characteristics
Tula covers an area of 146 km²[52]. Tula sits at an elevation of 170 m[53].
Climate and Environment
Tula's Köppen climate classification is recorded as continental climate[54].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Tula include Heroiv UPA Square[55], a street[56], in Ukraine[57] and 8985 Tula[58], an asteroid[59].
Why It Matters
Tula has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Tula is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Tula include Heroiv UPA Square[55], a street[56], in Ukraine[57] and 8985 Tula[58], an asteroid[59].
FAQs
What awards did Tula receive?
Honors received include Hero City of the Soviet Union[3].