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Tulsa
Nickname : Oil Capital of the World, T-Town
Tulsa skyline
Tulsa skyline
Seal of Tulsa
seal 		Flag of Tulsa
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Location in Oklahoma
Tulsa County Oklahoma incorporated and unincorporated areas Tulsa highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1836
State : United States
State : Oklahoma
Counties : Tulsa County
Wagoner County
Osage County
Coordinates : 36 ° 8 ′  N , 95 ° 56 ′  W 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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One Technology Center

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 ".

Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 7.4 10.6 16.7 22.8 26.5 30.9 34.3 33.6 28.7 23.2 15.7 9.3 O 21.7
Min. Temperature (° C) −3.9 −1.4 3.9 9.9 14.9 19.8 22.7 21.4 17.2 10.4 4.2 −1.7 O 9.8
Precipitation ( mm ) 39.1 50.0 87.9 94.5 142.2 112.8 78.5 79.2 119.4 93.0 79.5 54.9 Σ 1,031
Rainy days ( d ) 4.4 5.4 6.9 7.6 8.6 7.0 4.7 5.6 6.5 5.4 5.3 5.0 Σ 72.4
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Population development

year Residents¹
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:

traffic

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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:

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

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

as well:

Town twinning

Tulsa has a total of eight city partnerships:

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

Commons : Tulsa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on the homepage of the Tulsa History Museum.
  2. ^ Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI)
  3. ↑ 4-28-TGA - The City of Tulsa Online. Retrieved May 25, 2016 .