"Tula region"

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Tula region is a subject of the Russian Federation, is part of the Central Federal District. The administrative center of the Tula region is the city of Tula. The region includes 22 districts and 2 cities of regional subordination.

The region is located in the center of the East European Plain, occupying the northeastern part of the Central Russian Upland within the steppe and forest-steppe zones. It borders in the north and north-east - with Moscow, in the east - with Ryazan, in the south-east and south - with Lipetsk, in the south and south-west - with Orel, in the west and north-west - with the Kaluga regions. It occupies an area of 25.7 thousand square kilometers. The largest length of the region from north to south is 200 kilometers, from west to east - 190 kilometers.

The population is a person (year), the share of the urban population is % (), which indicates a high level of urbanization of the region. The national composition of the population of the region is dominated by Russians. On the territory of the Tula region there is a polycentric Tula-Novomoskov million agglomeration-conurbation.

Tula region was formed on September 26, 1937 with the disaggregation of the Moscow region. Its predecessor, the Tula province, created by decree of Empress Catherine II, existed from 1777 to 1929. The current borders of the Tula region were finally formed in 1957.

Physical and geographical characteristics

Geography

The region is located in the center of the East European Plain, occupying the northeastern part of the Central Russian Upland (heights up to 293 m), within the zone of broad-leaved forests and forest-steppe. The zone of deciduous forests occupies the western, northern, and northeastern regions. The forest-steppe zone is the southern and eastern regions of the region. The boundary between them is the boundary of the distribution of black soil. Characterized by karst formations (funnels, failures). The length of the region from north to south is 200 km, from west to east - 190 km. Moscow time operates in the region, the time zone is UTC+3.

relief
By the nature of the surface is a half-waving plain with prevailing heights from 240-260 m, crossed by river valleys, beams and ravines. There are karst forms of relief - sinkholes, basins, underground voids, caves (near Venev) with long passages, beautiful high grottoes covered with calcite grottoes. River valleys (canyon-shaped, asymmetrical, combined) are widely developed. The upper point of the surface - 293 meters - is located in the village of Raevo Thermal-Ogarevsky district, it is also the highest mark of the Central Russian elevation, the lowest natural mark - 108 meters - is located on the banks of the Oka River on the border with the Moscow region.

Minerals
The mineral resource base of the region consists of deposits of solid, mainly non-metallic, minerals of federal and regional importance. In terms of the number of minerals represented in the region, it occupies a leading place in the Central Federation