Tumba, Sweden

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Tumba is a suburb of Greater Stockholm, and the seat of Botkyrka Municipality, in Stockholm County, Sweden. The urban area stretches over two municipalities. The population as of 2000 is 34,101. The Swedish krona banknotes are printed at Tumba Bruk, in Tumba.

The suburb also holds a High School (Tumbagymnasiet) with almost 1.000 students. The Alfa Laval company was founded in Tumba by Gustaf de Laval and remains present in the suburb. Tumba is very diverse with both high rise apartment buildings and single family houses. A large proportion of its inhabitants originate from other countries than Sweden, such as Turkey, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Poland, Finland, Chile and Lebanon. There is a Syrian Orthodox Church in Tumba due to the notable presence of Assyrian/Syriac people.

[edit] Boroughs of Tumba

• Vretarna, Tuna, Nackdala, Centrum, Tumba Villastad , Segersjö, Solbo, Uttran, Norrbyvret, Broängen, Kassmyra, Skäcklinge, Lövholmen, Storvreten

[edit] Tumba urban area

Municipality	Population in T.	Other urban areas	Other	Total	% of municipality population
Botkyrka	20,495	50,749	1,853	73,097	28.04
Salem	13,606	0	160	13,766	98.84
Total	34,101	50,749	2,013	86,863	39.26

Coordinates: 59°12′N 17°49′E