Tuzla
Tuzla (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Тузла, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [tûzla] ⓘ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants.
Tuzla
Tyзла | |
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| Grad Tuzla Град Тузла City of Tuzla | |
Clockwise from top: Tuzla panorama, Pannonian Lakes in winter time, Trg Slobode, Salines Soli Building, Residential Zone Stupine and Tuzla Thermal Power Plant. | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Tuzla within Bosnia and Herzegovina (dark blue) | |
| Coordinates: 44°32′17″N 18°40′34″E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Tuzla |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zijad Lugavić (SDP BiH) |
| Area | |
| • City | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • City | 110,979 |
| • Density | 377.5/km2 (978/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 80,570 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 75000 |
| Area code | +387 35 |
| Website | www |
Tuzla is the economic, cultural, educational, health and tourist centre of northeast Bosnia. It is an educational center and is home to two universities. It is also the main industrial machine and one of the leading economic strongholds of the country with a wide and varied industrial sector including an expanding service sector thanks to its salt lake tourism.
The city of Tuzla is home to Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park and has more than 350,000 people visiting its shores every year. The history of the city goes back to the 9th century; modern Tuzla dates back to 1510 when it became an important garrison town in the Ottoman Empire.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla is also regarded as one of the most multicultural cities in the country and has managed to keep the pluralist character of the city throughout the Bosnian War and after, with Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats and a small minority of Bosnian Jews residing in Tuzla.