What is Tukums?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Tukums | official_name = | settlement_type = [[Town]] | image_seal = | seal_size = | seal_link = | population_total = 16,999 | image_flag = Flag of Tukums.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Tukums.svg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_name1 = [[Tukums Municipality]] | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Latvia|District]] | timezone1 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Latvia | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | postal_code = LV310(1–2); LV-3104 | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_map = Latvia | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | image_skyline = Tukums, luteránský kostel.jpg | image_caption = Lutheran church in Tukums | established_title = [[Town rights]] | established_date = 1795 | coordinates = {{coord|56|58|N|23|09|E|region:LV_type:city|display=inline,title}} | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbering plan|Calling code]] | area_code = +371 631 | website = }} '''Tukums''' is a town in [[Latvia]] with [[town rights]] since 1795. In 2019, half of [[Latvia]]'s tires were being recycled in the town. It has the second largest tire recycling plant in the [[Baltic states|Baltic]] country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themayor.eu/en/half-of-latvias-tires-to-be-recycled-in-new-plant-in-tukums|title=Half of Latvia’s tires to be recycle