Tuva
Republic of Tyva | |
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| Республика Тыва | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tuvan | Тыва Республика |
| • Romanization | Tıva Respublika |
| Anthem: "Men – tyva men" | |
| Coordinates: 51°47′N 94°45′E / 51.783°N 94.750°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Siberian |
| Economic region | East Siberian |
| Capital | Kyzyl |
| Government | |
| • Body | Great Khural |
| • Head | Vladislav Khovalyg |
| Area | |
• Total | 168,604 km2 (65,098 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 21st |
| Population | |
• Total | 336,651 |
• Estimate (2018) | 321,722 |
| • Rank | 76th |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 54.6% |
| • Rural | 45.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-TY |
| License plates | 17 |
| OKTMO ID | 93000000 |
| Official languages | Russian; Tuvan |
| Website | rtyva |
| People | Тывалар (Tyvalar) |
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| Language | Тыва дыл (Tyva dyl) |
| Country | Тыва (Tyva) |
| Tuva | |||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тува | ||||
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| Russian name | |||||
| Russian | Тыва | ||||
| Romanization | Tyva | ||||
| Tuvan Cyrillic name | |||||
| Tuvan Cyrillic | Тыва Республика | ||||
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| Tuvan Latin | Tyva Respublika | ||||
Tuva (/ˈtuːvə/; Russian: Тува [tʊˈva]) or Tyva (/ˈtɪvə/; Tuvan: Тыва [tʰɤ̀ʋɐ]), officially the Republic of Tyva, is a republic of Russia. Tuva lies at the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders the federal subjects of the Altai Republic, Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khakassia, and Krasnoyarsk Krai, and shares an international border with Mongolia to the south. Tuva has a population of 336,651 (2021 census). Its capital city is Kyzyl, in which more than a third of the population reside.
Historically part of Outer Mongolia as Tannu Uriankhai during the Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, Tuva broke away in 1911 as the Uryankhay Republic following the Xinhai Revolution, which created the Republic of China. It became a Russian protectorate in 1914 and was replaced by the nominally independent Tuvan People's Republic in 1921 (known officially as Tannu Tuva until 1926), recognized only by its neighbors the Soviet Union and Mongolia, before being annexed into the former in 1944. A majority of the population are ethnic Tuvans who speak Tuvan as their native tongue, while Russian is spoken natively by the Russian minority; both are official and widely understood in the republic. The Great Khural is the regional parliament of Tuva.