Tumba, Sweden

Coordinates: 59°12′N 17°49′E / 59.2, 17.817
Tumba
Tumba
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Botkyrka Municipality and Salem Municipality^[1]
County	Stockholm County
Province	Södermanland
Area ^[2]
- Total	17.28 km² (6.7 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)^[2]
- Total	35,311
- Density	2,044/km² (5,293.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Tumba is a bimunicipal^[1] town in Södermanland, Sweden and the seat of Botkyrka Municipality, Stockholm County. A part of its statistical urban area, called Rönninge, is in Salem Municipality. The population is 35,311 (2005). The Swedish krona banknotes are printed at Tumba Bruk, in Tumba. Tumba is situated half-way between Stockholm and Södertälje as is considered a Stockholm suburb. In Tumba and Rönninge there are stations on the Stockholm commuter rail network.

The suburb also holds a High School (Tumba gymnasium) 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, Afghanistan and Lebanon. There is a Syrian Orthodox Church in Tumba due to the notable presence of Aramean-Syriac people (see Assyrians and Syriacs in Sweden.)