Tulun

It was founded in the second half of the 18th century as a village in the Iya Valley.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tulun serves as the administrative center of Tulunsky District,Law #49-OZ even though it is not a part of it.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of TulunCharter of Irkutsk Oblast—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Tulun is incorporated as Tulun Urban Okrug.Law #70-oz

Tulun has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with mild to warm, humid summers and severely cold, drier winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|−19.9|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|17.7|°C|1}}. Sunshine is generous and the area receives 2,237 hours of bright sunshine annually.

{{Infobox weather|width=auto

|location = Tulun (1948−2011)

|single line = Y

|metric first = Y

|Jan record high C = 4.7

|Feb record high C = 8.7

|Mar record high C = 17.7

|Apr record high C = 28.4

|May record high C = 32.2

|Jun record high C = 36.0

|Jul record high C = 35.8

|Aug record high C = 36.5

|Sep record high C = 30.0

|Oct record high C = 25.0

|Nov record high C = 13.5

|Dec record high C = 7.0

|Jan high C = −14.9

|Feb high C = −10.2

|Mar high C = −1.8

|Apr high C = 7.1

|May high C = 16.2

|Jun high C = 22.3

|Jul high C = 24.1

|Aug high C = 21.2

|Sep high C = 14.5

|Oct high C = 5.8

|Nov high C = −5.7

|Dec high C = −13.3

|year high C = 5.6

|Jan mean C = -20.4

|Feb mean C = -17.0

|Mar mean C = -8.9

|Apr mean C = 0.7

|May mean C = 8.7

|Jun mean C = 15.1

|Jul mean C = 17.5

|Aug mean C = 14.6

|Sep mean C = 7.7

|Oct mean C = -0.1

|Nov mean C = -10.9

|Dec mean C = -18.3

|year mean C= -0.8

|Jan low C = −25.6

|Feb low C = −23.1

|Mar low C = −15.4

|Apr low C = −5.0

|May low C = 1.6

|Jun low C = 8.0

|Jul low C = 11.1

|Aug low C = 8.7

|Sep low C = 2.3

|Oct low C = −4.7

|Nov low C = −15.7

|Dec low C = −23.1

|year low C = -6.6

|Jan record low C = −46.1

|Feb record low C = −47.2

|Mar record low C = −41.1

|Apr record low C = −26.5

|May record low C = −10.0

|Jun record low C = -5.0

|Jul record low C = -0.4

|Aug record low C = -3.0

|Sep record low C = −11.1

|Oct record low C = −29.0

|Nov record low C = −40.0

|Dec record low C = −45.0

| Jan precipitation mm = 17.6

| Feb precipitation mm = 16.9

| Mar precipitation mm = 10.4

| Apr precipitation mm = 25.7

| May precipitation mm = 28.4

| Jun precipitation mm = 54.5

| Jul precipitation mm = 75.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 53.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 35.0

| Oct precipitation mm = 22.1

| Nov precipitation mm = 16.2

| Dec precipitation mm = 17.4

|Jan sun = 105.4

|Feb sun = 134.4

|Mar sun = 210.8

|Apr sun = 246.0

|May sun = 266.6

|Jun sun = 273.0

|Jul sun = 269.7

|Aug sun = 248.0

|Sep sun = 186.0

|Oct sun = 127.1

|Nov sun = 93.0

|Dec sun = 77.5

|Jan humidity = 81.3

|Feb humidity = 73.8

|Mar humidity = 62.6

|Apr humidity = 56.7

|May humidity = 53.9

|Jun humidity = 65.8

|Jul humidity = 72.7

|Aug humidity = 75.4

|Sep humidity = 72.5

|Oct humidity = 72.3

|Nov humidity = 78.0

|Dec humidity = 83.5

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 18.8

|Feb precipitation days = 15.1

|Mar precipitation days = 11.3

|Apr precipitation days = 12.9

|May precipitation days = 13.0

|Jun precipitation days = 12.4

|Jul precipitation days = 11.3

|Aug precipitation days = 13.5

|Sep precipitation days = 13.2

|Oct precipitation days = 16.9

|Nov precipitation days = 18.2

|Dec precipitation days = 20.1

|source 1 =[http://climatebase.ru/station/30504/?lang=en climatebase.ru]

}}

The town is a center for timber and brown coal production. The Azeysky and Tulunsky open cut coal mines are located nearby and there is an associated hydrolysis plant in the town. {{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{RussiaBasicLawRef|irk}}
• {{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|adm|law}}
• {{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|mun|list|tulun}}
• {{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|mun|list|tulunsky}}

• [http://www.web-tulun.ru/ Unofficial website of Tulun] {{in lang|ru}}
• [http://makewebmap.com/city.php?kod=2490908-ru Pictures of Tulun]

{{Irkutsk Oblast}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast

Category:Irkutsk Governorate