Tulsa
Tulsa | |
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Nickname : Oil Capital of the World, T-Town | |
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Location in Oklahoma | |
Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1836 |
State : | United States |
State : | Oklahoma |
Counties : |
Tulsa County Wagoner County Osage County |
Coordinates : | 36 ° 8 ′ N , 95 ° 56 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
403,090 (as of 2016) 987,201 (as of 2016) |
Population density : | 852 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 483.8 km 2 (approx. 187 mi 2 ) of which 473.1 km 2 (approx. 183 mi 2 ) are land |
Height : | 194 m |
Postcodes : | 74101-74193 |
Area code : | +1 918 |
FIPS : | 40-75000 |
GNIS ID : | 1100962 |
Website : | www.cityoftulsa.org |
Mayor : | GT Bynum ( R ) |
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Tulsa [ ˈtʌlsə ] is the second largest city in the US state of Oklahoma . According to the US Census Bureau for 2016, the city had a little over 400,000 residents. Tulsa is the county seat of Tulsa County .
history
Tulsa's previous name was "Tulsy", a Muskogee Indian term for "old town". In the 1890s a trading post in the village was set up as a post office under the name "Tulsey Town". In 1882 the railroad brought white settlers to Tulsa, which became a cattle trading post.
In 1901 a large oil deposit was found in the nearby town of Red Fork . Four years later , oil was also produced in Glenpool , also nearby. With the oil money, Tulsa became the "oil capital of the world" in the 1920s. This money led to brisk construction activity, which resulted in many buildings in the Art Deco style, which was popular at the time . Today Tulsa has the third largest number of Art Deco buildings in the United States after New York City and Miami .
In 1921 there were violent racist attacks. During the Tulsa race massacre on May 31st and June 1st, the Greenwood District in northern Tulsa was completely burned down by a white mob and about 300 people, mostly black, died. In 2001 the Oklahoma Parliament tried to rebuild Greenwood with a donation of two million US dollars for a memorial.
geography
Tulsa is located in the northeast of the state of Oklahoma. The Arkansas River flows through the city . The city area measures around 484 square kilometers . The city is also on the famous Route 66 .
climate
The climate in Tulsa is considered to be very dry and warm. In the summer months it can be over 40 degrees during the day. In the winter months the temperatures often go below 0 ° C, and occasionally temperatures below −20 ° C. Tulsa is located in the so-called " Tornado Alley ".
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Population development
year | Residents¹ |
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1980 | 360.919 |
1990 | 367,302 |
2000 | 393.507 |
2010 | 391.916 |
2016 | 403.090 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
Agglomeration
The agglomeration of Tulsa, with a population of over 935,000, consists of the following communities:
- North: Dewey , Bartlesville , Pawhuska , Barnsdall , Skiatook , Collinsville , Owasso , Nowata
- West: Pawnee , Bristow , Cleveland , Kellyville , Sand Springs , Mannford , Sapulpa
- East: Claremore , Catoosa , Broken Arrow , Wagoner , Coweta , Inola
- South: Jenks , Glenpool , Bixby , Mounds , Beggs , Okmulgee , Henryetta
traffic
air
The Tulsa International Airport is the main airport in Tulsa. It handles nearly 3 million travelers annually. There are almost 80 aircraft take offs every day.
Streets
Major roads that cross or end in Tulsa are:
- Interstate 44 : Wichita Falls , Texas to St. Louis , Missouri (1,021 km)
- US Route 64 : from Teec Nos Pos , Arizona to Nags Head , North Carolina (3,743 km)
- US Route 412 : from Springer , New Mexico to Columbia , Tennessee (1,818.6 km)
- US Route 75 : Noyes , Minnesota to Dallas , Texas (1,994 km)
- US Route 169 : Virginia , Minnesota to Tulsa, Oklahoma (1,555 km)
- Route 66 : Famous Road from Chicago , Illinois to Los Angeles , California (3,939 km)
water
Tulsa has a large inland port that is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Arkansas River and the Mississippi . It is the furthest sea port in the United States .
Established businesses
- Aaon , air conditioning and ventilation technology manufacturer
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group , rental car company
- Oneok , pipeline operator
- SemGroup , Oil and Gas Production
- StatSoft , software manufacturer
- Williams Companies , Natural Gas Production and Processing
- BOK Financial Corporation , financial services provider
education
Tulsa has several universities such as the University of Tulsa , Oral Roberts University, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, Oklahoma State University Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma Schusterman Center, Langston University, Tulsa Community College, and University of Phoenix. Other universities that offer courses in Tulsa include Southern Nazarene University, St. Gregory's University, and Oklahoma Wesleyan University. There is also a Northeastern State University campus in the Broken Arrow suburb.
Sports
Tulsa does not have a team from the four major leagues in US sports, but does have some professional teams from other leagues. The Tulsa Oilers ice hockey team plays in the ECHL . The Tulsa Drillers baseball team plays in the Texas League . The Tulsa 66ers basketball players played in the NBA D-League between 2005 and 2014 , then the team moved to Oklahoma City. The Tulsa shock basketball players played in the WNBA between 2010 and 2015 , then moved to Dallas. The Tulsa Talons also had a team in the Arena Football League for a while , but the team has since been relocated to San Antonio .
From 1999 to 2011, Tulsa was also the site of an international tennis tournament on the ATP Challenger Tour , the USTA Challenger of Oklahoma, eleven times .
The Tulsa Roughnecks football team, which is represented in the USL Championship, has existed since 2013.
media
Tulsa World has been Tulsa's only daily newspaper since 1992 . It is Oklahoma's second largest daily newspaper. Before that there was still the Tulsa Tribune .
Others
- Tulsa is the location of the successful American book series House of Night .
- The famous Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa is considered to be the birthplace of " Western Swing ", which is sometimes referred to as "Okie Jazz".
- The annual Oktoberfest in Tulsa is one of the three largest in the USA.
- Peoria Avenue in Tulsa is Tulsa's promenade.
- The sitcom Rodney is set in Tulsa.
- The films The Outsider and Rumble Fish are set in Tulsa.
- Chandler Bing from the sitcom Friends is transferred to Tulsa against his will due to a misunderstanding.
- In 1963, Gene Pitney recorded the song 24 Hours from Tulsa . The title has been covered several times.
- A song on the 1968 debut album by musician Neil Young is entitled The Last Trip to Tulsa.
- The song Tulsa Time appeared on the 1978 album Backless by Eric Clapton .
- The newly founded Tulsa is the setting for the western Oklahoma Kid (1939).
- In the 1976 song Convoy by CW McCall , the 2nd verse begins with the words: "By the time we got into Tulsa town, we had 85 trucks in all."
- The place is the seat of the Woody Guthrie Center .
- In Bob Dylan's song Murder Most Foul from the album Rough And Rowdy Ways , c & P Columbia Records (2020) it says: “... Play tragedy, play 'Twilight Time' / Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime .. . ”
- The location is the seat of the Bob Dylan Center (https://www.bobdylancenter.com) , planned to open in 2021
sons and daughters of the town
- Pamela Bach (* 1963), film actress
- Dick Bass (1929–2015), entrepreneur and mountaineer
- Earl Bostic (1913–1965), alto saxophonist, arranger and composer
- Garth Brooks (born 1962), country singer
- JJ Cale (1938–2013) composer, musician
- Jeff Carson (born 1963), country singer
- Kristin Cast (* 1986), writer
- Larry Clark (* 1943), film director and photographer
- Sanford Clark (born 1965), rockabilly musician
- Joe Diffie (1958-2020), country singer
- Larry Drake (1950-2016), actor
- David Duke (born 1950), politician
- Blake Edwards (1922-2010), film director, actor and screenwriter
- Lowell Fulson (1921–1999), blues guitarist and singer
- Martin Gardner (1914-2010), mathematician and science author
- Bill Goldberg (born 1966), American football player and wrestler
- Steven Gubser (1972–2019), theoretical physicist
- Bill Hader (* 1978) actor and comedian
- Paul Harvey (1918-2009), radio presenter
- Susan E. Hinton (born 1948), writer
- Felix Jones (born 1987), American football player
- Jennifer Jones (1919–2009), actress
- Malese Jow (* 1991), actress and singer
- Jim Keltner (born 1942), drummer
- John Albert Knebel (* 1936), politician
- Jeff Krosnoff (1964–1996), racing car driver
- Sheila Kuehl (* 1941), actress and politician
- Ben Lamb (born 1985), poker player
- Heather Langenkamp (born 1964), actress
- Tracy Letts (born 1965), actor and playwright
- Penelope Maddy (* 1950), logician and philosopher of science
- Frank Mantooth (1947–2004), arranger, pianist and university professor
- Cecil McBee (* 1935), jazz musician
- Edgar Meyer (* 1960), double bass virtuoso and composer
- Victor Milán (1954–2018), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003), politician and sociologist
- Tim Blake Nelson (* 1964), actor and filmmaker
- Jamie Oldaker (1951-2020), drummer and percussionist
- Robert R. Provine (1943-2019), neuropsychologist and gelotologist
- Tony Randall (1920-2004), actor
- Lynn Seaton (* 1957), jazz bassist and university professor
- Hap Sharp (1928–1993), automobile racing driver
- Hal Singer (1919-2020), jazz saxophonist
- Norma Smallwood (1909–1966), sixth Miss America in 1926
- Lauren Stamile (born 1976), actress
- John Starks (born 1965), basketball player
- Patrick Suppes (1922-2014), philosophy of science
- Ryan Tedder (* 1979), singer in the band OneRepublic
- Jeanne Tripplehorn (* 1963), actress
- Dwight Twilley (born 1951), singer and songwriter
- Stacy Valentine (* 1970), porn actress
- Judith Van Couvering (1938–2019), paleoecologist
- S. Robson Walton (born 1944), entrepreneur and billionaire
- Cornel West (* 1953), philosopher and theologian
- Charlie Wilson (born 1953), musician
- Alfre Woodard (born 1952), actress and producer
- James Woolsey (* 1941), lawyer, head of the CIA from 1993 to January 1995
as well:
- Hanson , rock / pop band
Town twinning
Tulsa has a total of eight city partnerships:
- Amiens , France
- Beihai , China
- Celle , Germany
- Kaohsiung , Taiwan
- San Luis Potosí , Mexico
- Tiberias , Israel
- Utsunomiya , Japan
- Zelenograd , Russia
The town partnership with Celle in Lower Saxony is based on the fact that both towns have played a key role in the economic discovery and production of oil in the past .
Web links
- Tulsa Webpage (English)
- Tulsa Port of Catoosa - Inland Port of Tulsa (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on the homepage of the Tulsa History Museum.
- ^ Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI)
- ↑ 4-28-TGA - The City of Tulsa Online. Retrieved May 25, 2016 .