Tyumen
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Tyumen (Roushie: Тюмень) is the lairgest ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Tyumen Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Tura River 1,700 kilometer (1,100 mi) east o Moscow. Population: 581,907 (2010 Census);[5] 510,719 (2002 Census);[10] 476,869 (1989 Census).[11]
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Tyumen Тюмень | |
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A view of central Tyumen | |
Coordinates: 57°09′N 65°32′E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal subject | Tyumen Oblast[1] |
Foondit | 29 Julie 1586[2] |
Govrenment | |
• Heid o Admeenistration[3] | Alexander Moor[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 235 km2 (91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 581,907 |
• Rank | 25t in 2010 |
• Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
• Subordinatit tae | Ceety o Tyumen[1] |
• Caipital o | Tyumen Oblast[4], Tyumensky Destrict[1] |
Municipal status | |
• Urban okrug | Tyumen Urban Okrug[6] |
• Caipital o | Tyumen Urban Okrug[6], Tyumensky Municipal Destrict[6] |
Time zone | UTC+5 ([7]) |
Postal code(s)[8] | 625000-625063 |
Dialin code(s) | +7 3452[9] |
Ceety Day | Last Sunday o Julie[2] |
Twin touns | Kaunas, Celle, Houston, Brest |
OKTMO ID | 71701000001 |
Website | www |
Tyumen wis the first Roushie dounset in Siberie. Foondit in 1586 tae support Roushie's eastwaird expansion, the ceety haes remained ane o the maist important industrial an economic centres east o the Ural Muntains. Locatit at the junction o several important tred routes an wi easy access tae navigable waterweys, Tyumen rapidly developit frae a sma militar dounset tae a lairge commercial an industrial ceety. The central pairt o Auld Tyumen retains mony historic biggins frae ootthrou the ceety's history.
The day Tyumen is ane o Roushie's maist important business centres an is prominent in the poleetical an cultural life o Roushie.
Tyumen is the transport hub an industrial centre o Tyumen Oblast—a vast ile-rich region stretchin frae the Kazakh border tae the Airctic Ocean—as well as the hame o mony companies active in Roushie's ile an gas industrie.