Tuzla
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Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants. After Sarajevo
, and Banja Luka
, Tuzla is the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the seat of the Tuzla Canton
and Tuzla Municipality. The name "Tuzla" is the Turkish word for salt mine, and refers to the extensive salt deposits found underneath the city.
The city of Tuzla has Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park and also has around 100,000 people visiting its shores every year. The history of the town Tuzla goes back to 1510 when Tuzla was a Turkish garrison town. During the 19th century it passed under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was incorporated into Yugoslavia in 1918.
. There are abundant coal
deposits in the region around Tuzla. 6 coal mines continue to operate around the city. Much of the coal mined in the area is used to power the Tuzla Power Plant
, which is the largest power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
by Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his De Administrando Imperio
as a fort named Salines (Σαληνέζ). Soli means "salt
s" in the Bosnian
language and the city's present name means "place of salt" in Turkish
. However, there is enough archaeologic evidence to suggest that Tuzla was a rich Neolithic
settlement, and hence inhabited continuously for more than 6,000 years which makes Tuzla one of the oldest Europe
an settlements with sustained living. An open-air museum at Solni Trg, opened in 2004, tells the story of salt production in Tuzla.
along with the Serbian Assault Corps. After the war it developed into a major industrial and cultural centre during the communist period in former Yugoslavia
.
As response, Serbian forces attacked Tuzla few days later.The town was not spared the atrocities of the Bosnian War
. On May 25, 1995, an attack on Tuzla killed 71 people, mostly children and injured 200 persons in Tuzla massacre
when a shell hit the central street and its promenade. The youngest who died in that massacre was only two years old.
hails from Tuzla. In addition, Tuzla hosts the annual Meša Selimović book festival (in July), where an award for the best novel written in the languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
, Serbia
and Montenegro
is presented. The first professional theatre in Tuzla, Narodno Pozorište u Tuzli, was founded by the brothers Mihajlo and Živko Crnogorčević in 1944.
Tuzla is the seat of the Tuzla Canton
, which is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
, as well as of Tuzla Municipality, which is one of the 13 municipalities that together constitute the Tuzla Canton. Administratively, Tuzla is divided into 39 mjesne zajednice (local districts).
Apart from Tuzla, the municipality incorporates several other adjacent settlements, including the town of Gornja Tuzla (Upper Tuzla), as well as the villages of Husino, Par Selo, Simin Han, Obodnica, Kamenjaši, Plane, Šići and others.
The Mayor
of Tuzla Municipality is Jasmin Imamović
, a writer and lawyer born in 1957, of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
. He was reelected to a third term in 2008.
The City council of Tuzla has 30 members, of the following parties:
The Chairwoman of the City Council, Nada Mladina, is a member of the SDP.
Extractions of the city's salt deposits, particularly in the 20th century, have caused sections of the city center to sink. Structures in the "sinking area" either collapsed or were demolished, and there are few structures in the city that predate the 20th century, despite the fact that the city was founded over 1000 years ago.
Tuzla has an international airport
located at Dubrave (IATA code: TZL), and an effective and well-developed public bus network. There are plans to introduce a trolleybus
network in the city soon.
The airport was opened to civilian aircraft only recently. The airport had comprised a portion of "Eagle Base", an American military base that has been home to NATO troops serving in SFOR, Bosnia's stabilization force.
Several sports teams from Tuzla have participated in international competitions. Almost all of Tuzla's sports teams are named Sloboda, meaning freedom. The most popular sports in Tuzla include football (FK Sloboda
); basketball (KK Sloboda
), karate (KBS Tuzla-Sinalco) and many others. The women's basketball team Jedinstvo Aida
were European club champions in the late eighties, with the most famous sportswoman from Tuzla in their midst - Razija Mujanović
. The first and oldest sport in Tuzla is gymnastics.
Tuzla is home to the University of Tuzla
, with 16,500 students, and also the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
On September 1, 2007, 6980 couples kissed for 10 seconds in Tuzla, Bosnia erasing the previous Guinness World kissing Records of the Philippines
and Hungary
(for synchronised osculation in 2004 with 5327 Filipino
couples, overtaken by Hungary in 2005 with 5875 couples; Filipinos came back in February 2010 with 6124 couples but the Hungarians responded in June 2010 with 6613 couples). The record now awaits official certification.
On September 26, 2008, Tuzla began offering free wireless internet access in the city center.
total: 131,618
Town of Tuzla, itself:
total: 83,770
, Serbia
Bologna
, Italy
Osijek
, Croatia
Pécs
, Hungary
Al Hoceima
, Morocco
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
, Spain
Saint-Denis
, France
Dallas, Texas
Delft
, Netherlands
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants. After Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, and Banja Luka
Banja Luka
-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...
, Tuzla is the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the seat of the Tuzla Canton
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...
and Tuzla Municipality. The name "Tuzla" is the Turkish word for salt mine, and refers to the extensive salt deposits found underneath the city.
The city of Tuzla has Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park and also has around 100,000 people visiting its shores every year. The history of the town Tuzla goes back to 1510 when Tuzla was a Turkish garrison town. During the 19th century it passed under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was incorporated into Yugoslavia in 1918.
Geography
Tuzla is located in the northeastern part of Bosnia, settled just underneath the Majevica mountain range, on the Jala river. The central zone lies in an east-west oriented plain, with residential areas in the north and south of the city located on the Ilinčica, Kicelj and Gradina hills. The climate is moderate continentalContinental climate
Continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water nearby...
. There are abundant coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
deposits in the region around Tuzla. 6 coal mines continue to operate around the city. Much of the coal mined in the area is used to power the Tuzla Power Plant
Tuzla Power Plant
Tuzla Power station is a coal-fired power station in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest power station in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is operated by Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine .-History:...
, which is the largest power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Climate
History
First mentioned in 950950
Year 950 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I....
by Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his De Administrando Imperio
De Administrando Imperio
De Administrando Imperio is the Latin title of a Greek work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII. The Greek title of the work is...
as a fort named Salines (Σαληνέζ). Soli means "salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
s" in the Bosnian
Bosnian language
Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
language and the city's present name means "place of salt" in Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
. However, there is enough archaeologic evidence to suggest that Tuzla was a rich Neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
settlement, and hence inhabited continuously for more than 6,000 years which makes Tuzla one of the oldest Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an settlements with sustained living. An open-air museum at Solni Trg, opened in 2004, tells the story of salt production in Tuzla.
World War II
On October 2, 1943, Tuzla became the largest liberated town in Europe to the time. In December 1944, the city was unsuccessfully attacked by Chetnik forces of Draža MihailovićDraža Mihailovic
Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...
along with the Serbian Assault Corps. After the war it developed into a major industrial and cultural centre during the communist period in former Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
.
Bosnian War
In the 1990 elections the Reformists won control of the municipality being the only municipality in Bosnia where non-nationalists won. During the Bosnian war, 1992-1995 the town was the only municipality not governed by nationalist authorities, and was besieged by nationalist forces.As response, Serbian forces attacked Tuzla few days later.The town was not spared the atrocities of the Bosnian War
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
. On May 25, 1995, an attack on Tuzla killed 71 people, mostly children and injured 200 persons in Tuzla massacre
Tuzla massacre
The Tuzla Massacre was a massacre of civilians committed on May 25, 1995 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-The massacre:Between May 25 and May 28, 1995 a number of artillery projectiles were fired at Tuzla from Army of Republika Srpska positions near the village of Panjik on Mount Ozren some...
when a shell hit the central street and its promenade. The youngest who died in that massacre was only two years old.
Contemporary Tuzla
The city has one of only two salt lakes in Europe as part of its central park; more than 100,000 people visit its shores every year. One of the most influential writers in the Balkans, Meša SelimovićMeša Selimovic
Mehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer. His novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-war Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are relations between individual and authority, life and death, and other existential problems...
hails from Tuzla. In addition, Tuzla hosts the annual Meša Selimović book festival (in July), where an award for the best novel written in the languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
is presented. The first professional theatre in Tuzla, Narodno Pozorište u Tuzli, was founded by the brothers Mihajlo and Živko Crnogorčević in 1944.
Tuzla is the seat of the Tuzla Canton
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...
, which is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...
, as well as of Tuzla Municipality, which is one of the 13 municipalities that together constitute the Tuzla Canton. Administratively, Tuzla is divided into 39 mjesne zajednice (local districts).
Apart from Tuzla, the municipality incorporates several other adjacent settlements, including the town of Gornja Tuzla (Upper Tuzla), as well as the villages of Husino, Par Selo, Simin Han, Obodnica, Kamenjaši, Plane, Šići and others.
The Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Tuzla Municipality is Jasmin Imamović
Jasmin Imamovic
Jasmin Imamović is a writer and politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently the Mayor of Tuzla, where he succeeded Selim Bešlagić in 2000. Imamović is a member of the main board of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, a writer and lawyer born in 1957, of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multi-ethnic social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The party is the successor of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was enlarged by the inclusion of the Socijaldemokrati BiH party to the original...
. He was reelected to a third term in 2008.
The City council of Tuzla has 30 members, of the following parties:
- Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSocial Democratic Party of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multi-ethnic social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The party is the successor of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was enlarged by the inclusion of the Socijaldemokrati BiH party to the original...
(SDP) - 14 members - Party of Democratic ActionParty of Democratic ActionThe Party of Democratic Action is a Bosniak national political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:The Party of Democratic Action was founded in May 1990 by Alija Izetbegović, representing the Bosnian Muslim population...
(SDA) - 6 members - Bosnian PartyBosnian PartyThe Bosnian Party is a multi-ethnic left populist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the last legislative election, on 5 October 2002, the party won 1.5% of the popular vote, one seat out of 42 in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and three seats out of 140 in the...
(BOSS) - 4 members - Party for Bosnia and HerzegovinaParty for Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina is a liberal conservative political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Haris Silajdžić. On the issues of the internal divisions of Bosnia, SBiH wants to eliminate two entities, and establish a "one man-one vote political system" in an unified...
(SBiH) - 2 members - People's Party Work for BettermentPeople's Party Work for BettermentPeople's Party Work for Betterment is a multi-ethnic party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which enjoys support from all ethnic groups, but most of its members and voters are Croats. It was founded and run by Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović, from Široki Brijeg...
(Narodna stranka Radom za boljitak) - 2 members - Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party ....
(HDZ) - 2 members.
The Chairwoman of the City Council, Nada Mladina, is a member of the SDP.
Extractions of the city's salt deposits, particularly in the 20th century, have caused sections of the city center to sink. Structures in the "sinking area" either collapsed or were demolished, and there are few structures in the city that predate the 20th century, despite the fact that the city was founded over 1000 years ago.
Tuzla has an international airport
Tuzla International Airport
Tuzla International Airport is an airport near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The airport is a civilian airport and a military airbase. Its operating hours are from 06:00 to 20:00 LT for commercial air carriers and 06:00 to 17:00 LT for general/corporate aviation with a possible...
located at Dubrave (IATA code: TZL), and an effective and well-developed public bus network. There are plans to introduce a trolleybus
Trolleybus
A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit...
network in the city soon.
The airport was opened to civilian aircraft only recently. The airport had comprised a portion of "Eagle Base", an American military base that has been home to NATO troops serving in SFOR, Bosnia's stabilization force.
Several sports teams from Tuzla have participated in international competitions. Almost all of Tuzla's sports teams are named Sloboda, meaning freedom. The most popular sports in Tuzla include football (FK Sloboda
FK Sloboda Tuzla
FK Sloboda is a football club from the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is Football Club Freedom...
); basketball (KK Sloboda
KK Sloboda Tuzla
KK Sloboda was a Bosnian basketball team from the city of Tuzla, formed in 1946.The club played its home games at Mejdan sports center, seating capacity 5,000. The club was shut down due to 3,5 million KM debt on September 28th, 2011, with all of the administration resigning...
), karate (KBS Tuzla-Sinalco) and many others. The women's basketball team Jedinstvo Aida
Jedinstvo Aida
Jedinstvo Aida is a women's basketball club from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.In 1990 they have won the Ronchetti Cup.The most famous ex-player is Razija Mujanović. Among the other players were: Mara Lakić, Zorica Dragičević, Naida Hot, and Stojanka Došić. The most famous ex-coach is Mihajlo Vuković...
were European club champions in the late eighties, with the most famous sportswoman from Tuzla in their midst - Razija Mujanović
Razija Mujanovic
Razija Mujanović is a retired Bosnian basketball player. She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla, and continued in Italy, Spain, Brazil, USA, Croatia and Hungary...
. The first and oldest sport in Tuzla is gymnastics.
Tuzla is home to the University of Tuzla
University of Tuzla
University of Tuzla is a public university located in the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university was founded in 1958. It became a proper university in 1976, and today is one of the major institutions of higher learning in Bosnia.-History:...
, with 16,500 students, and also the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina
American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an undergraduate establishment located in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2007, the University opened a postgraduate department in Sarajevo, offering a fast track master's degree in business administration...
.
On September 1, 2007, 6980 couples kissed for 10 seconds in Tuzla, Bosnia erasing the previous Guinness World kissing Records of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
(for synchronised osculation in 2004 with 5327 Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
couples, overtaken by Hungary in 2005 with 5875 couples; Filipinos came back in February 2010 with 6124 couples but the Hungarians responded in June 2010 with 6613 couples). The record now awaits official certification.
On September 26, 2008, Tuzla began offering free wireless internet access in the city center.
1971 Census
total: 107,293- 53,271 (49.65%) - BosniaksBosniaksThe Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
- 27,735 (25.84%) - CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
- 21,089 (19.65%) - SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 2,540 (2.36%) - YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
- 2,658 (2.47%) - others and unknown
1981 Census
total: 121,717- 52,400 (43.05%) - BosniaksBosniaksThe Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
- 24,811 (20.38%) - CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
- 20,261 (16.64%) - SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 19,059 (15.65%) - YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
- 5,186 (4.26%) - others and unknown
1991 Census
- 62,669 (47.61%) - BosniaksBosniaksThe Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
- 21,995 (16.71%) - YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
- 20,398 (15.49%) - CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
- 20,271 (15.40%) - SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 6,285 (4,77%) - others and unknown
Town of Tuzla, itself:
total: 83,770
- 44,091 (52.63%) - BosniaksBosniaksThe Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
- 16,302 (19.46%) - YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
- 13,137 (15.68%) - SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 6,328 (7.55%) - CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
- 3,912 (4.66%) - others and unknown
Educational institutions
- University of TuzlaUniversity of TuzlaUniversity of Tuzla is a public university located in the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university was founded in 1958. It became a proper university in 1976, and today is one of the major institutions of higher learning in Bosnia.-History:...
- American University in Bosnia and HerzegovinaAmerican University in Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an undergraduate establishment located in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2007, the University opened a postgraduate department in Sarajevo, offering a fast track master's degree in business administration...
- Secondary Music School in TuzlaSecondary Music School in TuzlaSecondary Music School in Tuzla is a Public Institution music school in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on February 22, 1957. The founders were PhD. prof. Čestmír Mirko Dušek and prof. Dubravko Jurić....
- Gimnazija Meša SelimovićGimnazija Meša SelimovićGimnazija Meša Selimović is a gymnasium in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on September 12, 1899.- History :When it was founded in 1899, the school had only nine professors, and students attended for eight years. In 1905, the Austro-Hungarian monarchy built a new school building...
- Gimnazija Ismet Mujezinović
- Behram-begova medresa
- Association Citizens Educational CenterAssociation Citizens Educational CenterThe Association Citizen's Educational Center is an independent, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, established 11 November 2009...
Famous people born in Tuzla
- Meša SelimovićMeša SelimovicMehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer. His novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-war Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are relations between individual and authority, life and death, and other existential problems...
(April 26, 1910 - July 11, 1982), writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images.... - Mirza DelibašićMirza DelibašicMirza Delibašić was a Bosnian basketball player. He was born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia.- Career :...
(January 9, 1954 – December 8, 2001) was a Bosnian basketball player. - Svetlana Kitić (born June 7, 1960 in Tuzla) handball player
- Andrea PetkovićAndrea PetkovicAndrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
(born September 9, 1987), professionalProfessionalA professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
tennis player - Razija MujanovićRazija MujanovicRazija Mujanović is a retired Bosnian basketball player. She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla, and continued in Italy, Spain, Brazil, USA, Croatia and Hungary...
(born 15 April 1967 in Ratkovići, Čelić, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)is a retired basketball player. - Muhamed HadžiefendićMuhamed HadžiefendićMuhamed Hadžiefendić was Croatian Domobran senior officer and commander of the Croatian Home Guard unit 'Volunteer Detachment of People's Uprising' , a World War II Croatian Muslim militia in Independent State of Croatia.-Life:Muhamed Hadžiefendić was born in Tuzla...
(1898–1943), senior Muslim military officer and collaborationist. - Emir VildicEmir VildićEmir Vildić is Bosnian academic musician, who plays the accordion and piano. He is expert in the fields of music education, music theory, solfeggio, harmony, polyphony, history of music and accordion.- Education :...
(born February 25, 1984), famous musicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. - Andrej PejicAndrej PejicAndrej Pejić is an androgynous Australian male model.- Early life :Pejic was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has one older brother. His mother, Jadranka, is Serbian and his father, Vlada, Croatian. His parents divorced shortly after his birth...
(born August 28, 1991), famous fashion model.
Twin cities
SomborSombor
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, Serbia
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Bologna
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, Italy
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Osijek
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, Croatia
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Pécs
Pécs
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, Hungary
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Al Hoceima
Al Hoceima
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, Morocco
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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, Spain
Spain
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Saint-Denis
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, France
France
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Dallas, Texas
Texas
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Delft
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, Netherlands
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External links
- Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development
- Tuzla Municipality web site
- Tuzla Map - Map of Tuzla
- Interactive web site presentation of Tuzla
- An unofficial website
- Kapija 25.05.1995.godine
- Radio Slon, with a website on Tuzla
- Radio Kameleon
- RTV TK
- Another city in Istanbul
- Pivara Tuzla - Tuzla Brewery
- Izrada reklama Tuzla
- CEC HQ in Tuzla