Tuapse

Tuapse
Туапсе
Тӏуапсэ (Adyghe)
Black Sea coast near Tuapse in November
Location of Tuapse
Tuapse
Location of Tuapse
Tuapse
Tuapse (European Russia)
Tuapse
Tuapse (Black Sea)
Coordinates: 44°06′16″N 39°04′38″E / 44.10444°N 39.07722°E / 44.10444; 39.07722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnodar Krai
Founded1864
Town status sinceca. 1896
Government
  BodyCouncil
  HeadAlexander Chekhov
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
  Total
63,292
  Rank250th in 2010
  Subordinated toTown of Tuapse
  Capital ofTown of Tuapse, Tuapsinsky District
  Municipal districtTuapsinsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementTuapsinskoye Urban Settlement
  Capital ofTuapsinsky Municipal District, Tuapsinskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
352800–352803, 352808, 352859
Dialing code(s)+7 86167
OKTMO ID03655101001
Town DayFirst Sunday of July
Websiteadm.tuapse.ru

Tuapse (Russian: Туапсе́; Adyghe: Тӏуапсэ, Ṫuapsă [tʷʼapsə]) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south of Gelendzhik and north of Sochi. Population: 61,571(2021 Census); 63,292(2010 Census); 64,238(2002 Census); 63,081(1989 Soviet census).

Tuapse is a sea port and the northern center of a resort zone which extends south to Sochi.