Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- Region
- San Joaquin Valley
- County
- Tulare
- Incorporated
- April 5, 1888
- Type
- Council/Manager
- Mayor
- Patrick Isherwood
- City council
- Vice Mayor Stephen C. Harrell, Jose Sigala, Terry A. Sayre, and Dennis A. Mederos
- City manager
- Marc Mondell
- Total
- 20.46 sq mi (53.00 km )
- Land
- 20.39 sq mi (52.80 km )
- Water
- 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km ) 0.37%
- Elevation
- 289 ft (88 m)
- Density
- 3,213/sq mi (1,240.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Zip codes
- 93274, 93275
- Fips code
- 06-80644
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Encyclopedic overview
Tulare (/tʊˈlɛəri/ tuu-LAIR-ee) is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 68,875 per the 2020 census. It is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, 8 mi (13 km) south of Visalia and 60 mi (97 km) north of Bakersfield. The city is named after the Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tulare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.