Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Omsk Oblast
- Founded
- ca. 1594
- Head
- Yevgeny Mikheyev
- Elevation
- 70 m (230 ft)
- Total
- 27,318
- Estimate 2025
- 26,874 ( −1.6% )
- Subordinated to
- town of oblast significance of Tara
- Capital of
- Tarsky District , town of oblast significance of Tara
- Municipal district
- Tarsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Tara Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+6 ( MSK+3 )
- Postal codes
Article
Tara (Russian: Та́ра; Siberian Tatar: Тар Tar) is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tara and Irtysh Rivers at a point where the forested country merges into the steppe, about 300 kilometers (190 mi) north of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. As of 2021, the town's population was 26,878.
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