Tulun

Tulun () is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the river Iya (Angara's basin), northwest of Irkutsk. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Tulun
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Тулун
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Тулун. ЖД вокзал.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Tulun Train Station
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: left
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Tulun (Irkutsk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Irkutsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: Town of Tulun
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Tulunsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Town of Tulun
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Tulun Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Tulun Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Tulunsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 44611
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_rank: 355th
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: second half ofthe 18th century
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1927

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Population: 38440
Area: 134
Elevation: 460
Official website: www.tulunadm.ru
Image: Тулун. ЖД вокзал.jpg
Dialing code: 39530

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postal code: 665220
Commons category: Tulun
inception: 1735-01-01
native label: Тулун
time of earliest written record: 1735-00-00

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Tulun () is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the river Iya (Angara's basin), northwest of Irkutsk. Population:

==History== It was founded in the second half of the 18th century as a village in the Iya Valley. With the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the early 20th century, Tulun grew into an important trade center. It was administrated as a town between 1922 and 1924, before being granted town status permanently in 1927.