Federation Council Representative: Egor Atanov (since December 2009)
Population: 1,540,384 (2010 census)
Territory: 25,700 square km (9,9206 sq. miles)
Capital: Tula (population 491,999), 193 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Novomoskovsk (population 131,200)
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Tula is located in central European Russia. It shares a border with the Moscow, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Orel, and Kaluga regions.
Urban population: 82%, Rural population: 18%
Economy: The Tula region has large reserves of coal, iron ore, limestone, clay, and sand. Agriculture in the region specializes in raising beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, and goats and cultivating grain (mainly wheat), feed crops, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables and fruit.
