Tulare, California

Tulare, California
Tulare, California
City
	View of Sierra Nevada mountains
	Location in Tulare County and the state of California
	Tulare, California Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 36°12′24″N 119°20′33″W / 36.20667°N 119.34250°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Tulare
Region	San Joaquin Valley
Incorporated	April 5, 1888
Government
• Type	Council/Manager
• Mayor	Terry A. Sayre
• City Council	Vice Mayor Patrick Isherwood, Jose Sigala, Stephen C. Harrell, and Dennis A. Mederos
• City Manager	Marc Mondell
• CFO / Treasurer	J. Diego Ibanez
Area
• Total	20.46 sq mi (53.00 km2)
• Land	20.39 sq mi (52.80 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.20 km2) 0.41%
Elevation	289 ft (88 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	68,875
• Density	3,212.95/sq mi (1,240.50/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93274, 93275
Area code	559
FIPS code	06-80644
GNIS feature IDs	1652803, 2412107
Website	tulare.ca.gov

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.

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