Tulun

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Coat of arms of Tulun

Tulun (Russian: Тулун) is a town and administrative center of Tulunsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Iya River (Angara's basin), 390 km northwest of Irkutsk. Population: 49,400 (2006 est.); 51,848 (2002 Census); 52,903 (1989 Census).

Tulun was founded in the second half of the 18th century as a village in the Iya valley. It was granted town status twice: first in 1922 (until 1924) and then in 1927.

There is a hydrolysis plant in the town.

	Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast
	Administrative center: Irkutsk Alzamay \| Angarsk \| Baykalsk \| Biryusinsk \| Bodaybo \| Bratsk \| Cheremkhovo \| Kirensk \| Nizhneudinsk \| Sayansk \| Shelekhov \| Slyudyanka \| Svirsk \| Tayshet \| Tulun \| Usolye-Sibirskoye \| Ust-Ilimsk \| Ust-Kut \| Vikhorevka \| Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky \| Zima