Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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city

Tulsa is a major city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic oil industry, distinctive Art Deco architecture, and role as a cultural and economic hub of the region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tulsa, Oklahoma	7
Tulsa	3

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
climateClassification	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	BOK Center ⓘ Brookside neighborhood ⓘ Cain’s Ballroom ⓘ Cherry Street district ⓘ Downtown Tulsa ⓘ Gathering Place park ⓘ Gilcrease Museum ⓘ Greenwood District ⓘ Oral Roberts University ⓘ Philbrook Museum of Art ⓘ Port of Catoosa (nearby, metro area) ⓘ Riverside parks system ⓘ Tulsa International Airport ⓘ Tulsa Performing Arts Center ⓘ Tulsa Zoo ⓘ University of Tulsa ⓘ Utica Square area ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
daylightSavingTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
developedAs	oil boom town ⓘ
foundedAs	Creek settlement ⓘ
foundedBy	Lochridge family and Creek settlers ⓘ
governingBody	Tulsa City Council ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ Modernist architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition	Tulsa Sound music style ⓘ Western swing music heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent	1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	aerospace ⓘ finance ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ oil and gas ⓘ technology ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	FC Tulsa ⓘ Tulsa Drillers ⓘ Tulsa Oilers (hockey) ⓘ Tulsa Oilers (hockey) ⓘ surface form: Tulsa Oilers (indoor football)
isCountySeatOf	Tulsa County ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf	eastern Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Oklahoma
isEconomicCenterOf	eastern Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Oklahoma
knownFor	Art Deco ⓘ surface form: Art Deco architecture aerospace industry ⓘ cultural institutions ⓘ energy sector ⓘ historic oil industry ⓘ telecommunications industry ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Green Country ⓘ eastern Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Oklahoma
locatedOnRiver	Arkansas River ⓘ
locatedOnRoute	U.S. Route 66 ⓘ surface form: Historic U.S. Route 66
nickname	Oil Capital of the World ⓘ
partOf	Tulsa County ⓘ South Central United States ⓘ surface form: United States Midwest-South transition zone
state	Oklahoma ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportHubFor	northeastern Oklahoma ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryan Tedder → birthPlace → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

U.S. state of Oklahoma → containsCity → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Oklahoma

this entity surface form: Tulsa

South Central United States → hasMajorCity → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa

eastern Oklahoma → hasMajorCity → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa

Northern District of Oklahoma → locatedIn → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma

University of Tulsa → locatedIn → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Claremore, Oklahoma Territory, United States → near → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Arkansas River → passesThroughCity → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Bill Hader → placeOfBirth → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

Bobby Cox → placeOfBirth → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

Cornel West → placeOfBirth → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

Daniel Patrick Moynihan → placeOfBirth → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

Martin Gardner → placeOfBirth → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

Dallas Wings → relocatedFrom → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jim Inhofe → residence → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

Northern District of Oklahoma → seat → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma

U.S. Route 75 → servesCity → Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma