Tukums is a town in Latvia and the administrative center of Tukums Municipality, located in the eastern part of the historical region of Courland. With more than 16,000 inhabitants it is the thirteenth largest settlement in Latvia, and is an important railroad junction connecting the town with Riga, Jelgava and Ventspils, served by two railway stations, Tukums I and Tukums II. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude56.966889 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tukums (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 16,033 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 56.966889, longitude 23.153
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 61 m
P2046 (area)
area 13.64 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1795
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 16033 (2026)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Tukums - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 454768
56.96764 23.15554 P PPLA LV 29 0900201 16182 62 Europe/Riga
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 62 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.75, 23.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.75, 23.25
56.75 23.25 Dfb
Tukums (Wikipedia)
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Tukums (; German: Tuckum; Livonian: Tukāmō) is a town in Latvia which serves as the administrative center of Tukums Municipality.
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