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Tuzla
Flag of Tuzla
Flag		 Coat of arms of Tuzla
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Location of Tuzla within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location of Tuzla within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Coordinates: 44°37′N 18°40′E / 44.617, 18.667
Country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Tuzla Canton
Government
 - Municipality president

leader_name = Jasmin Imamović (SDP)

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Area
 - Total 302 km² (116. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Municipalities It comprises the municipalities of Banovići, Čelić, Doboj Istok (Doboj East Gradačac, Gračanica, Jasmin Imamović (born October 8, 1957 in Brčko) is a writer and politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Socialdemocrats ( Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati / Социјалдемократска Партија Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) +387 35
Website: http://www.tuzla.ba
View of Tuzla
View of Tuzla
Retired tuzlaci playing chess, a favorite pastime, in the western residential area of Slatina
Retired tuzlaci playing chess, a favorite pastime, in the western residential area of Slatina

Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan At the time of the 1991 census, it had 131,000 inhabitants. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants. [1] 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. TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Banja Luka or Banjaluka ( Cyrillic: Бања Лука ˌbaɲaˈluːka is the capital and the largest Municipalities It comprises the municipalities of Banovići, Čelić, Doboj Istok (Doboj East Gradačac, Gračanica, The name "Tuzla" is derived from the Turkish word for salt, and refers to the extensive salt deposits found underneath the city.

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Geography

Tuzla is located at 44°32′17″N, 18°40′34″E,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 continental. Continental climate is a Climate that is characterized by Winter Temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of Snow cover each Year

History

First mentioned in 950 as a county under Hungarian rule, the town was later referred to by historians as Soli. Events By Place Europe Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Soli means "salts" in the Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian language and the city's present name means "place of salt" in Turkish. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants Bosnian language (Bosnian bosanski jezik) sometimes referred as Bosniak language or Bosniac language is a South Slavic language native Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. 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 European settlements with sustained living. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos An open-air museum at Solni Trg, opened in 2004, tells the story of salt production in Tuzla. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

On October 2, 1943, Tuzla became the largest liberated town in Europe to the time. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In December of 1944, the city was unsuccessfully attacked by Chetnik forces of Draža Mihailović along with the Serbian Assault Corps. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Chetnik movement or the Chetniks ( Serbian: Četnici, Cyrillic script: Четници were a Serbian -nationalist/ royalist Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( Cyrillic script: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић also known as "Чича Дража" or " Serbian State Guard ( Serbian: Српска државна стража Srpska Državna Straža) also known as nedićevci was the name of the pro-nazi [2][3] After the war it developed into a major industrial and cultural centre during the communist period in former Yugoslavia. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: 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 Serb nationalist forces. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

Additionally, the town was not spared the atrocities of war in Bosnia.

On May 25, 1995, a Serb artillery shell killed 71 people, mostly children, in Tuzla massacre. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Tuzla massacre was one of many massacres committed by Serb military forces surrounding Bosnian towns which took place during Bosnian War in the northeastern


Demographics

Demographics in Tuzla municipality:

1971 Census

total: 107,293

1981 Census

total: 121,717

1991 Census

total: 131,618

Town of Jewish, itself:

total: 83,770


Tuzla flag
Tuzla flag

Contemporary Tuzla

The glass façade of a post-war business complex in Tuzla
The glass façade of a post-war business complex in Tuzla

The city has Europe's only salt lake 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 Selimović hails from Tuzla. Mehmedalija "Meša" Selimović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мехмедалија "Меша" Селимовић ( 26 April 1910 - 11 July 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, and Serbia and Montenegro is presented. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (Државна заједница Србија и Црна Гора / Državna zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora, abbreviated 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. Municipalities It comprises the municipalities of Banovići, Čelić, Doboj Istok (Doboj East Gradačac, Gračanica, The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine Федерација Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two political 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, Slavinovići, 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. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Jasmin Imamović (born October 8, 1957 in Brčko) is a writer and politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Socialdemocrats ( Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati / Социјалдемократска Партија He was reelected to a second term in 2004.

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. Tuzla is twinned with Bologna in Italy, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in Spain, Pécs in Hungary and Osijek in Croatia, as well as with Ravenna province in Italy. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Pécs, (IPA, approximate pronunciation Pitch known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country close Osijek (ˈɔsjɛk is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114616 in 2001 Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

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-Dita[1]), karate (KBS Tuzla-Sinalco) and many others. FK Sloboda ( Fudbalski klub Sloboda) is a football club from the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The women's basketball team KK Jedinstvo-Aida were European club champions in the late eighties, with the most famous sportswoman from Tuzla in their midst - Razija Mujanović. Razija Mujanović - Gibanica (born 15 April 1967 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former basketball player First and oldset sport in Tuzla is gymnastics.

Tuzla is home to the University of Tuzla, with more than 10,000 students. University of Tuzla ( Bosnian: Univerzitet u Tuzli) is a public university located in the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Also existing in Tuzla is the Cardiovascular Clinic, a part of the Clinical Center and the top institution for cardiology and cardiac surgery in the country.

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 this year with 6124 couples but the Hungarians responded in June with 6613 couples). Guinness (ˈɡɪnɪs is a popular Dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness ' brewery at St The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. The record now awaits official certification. [4]

Tuzla has become the hip hop centar in the Balkans. The transformation to this happened between the release of Edo Maajka's first two albums and that the first hip hop show is located there fmjam. Edo Maajka (born as Edin Osmić on December 22 1978 in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a Famous Bosniak Fmjam is the first hip hop station in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Twin cities

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References

  1. ^ http://bhstring.net/tuzlauslikama/tuzlarije/viewnewnews.php?id=17232
  2. ^ Dimitrije Ljotić and his ZBOR
  3. ^ In honour of September 17, 1944, the second and final liberation of Tuzla
  4. ^ SMH, Record breakers: Ready, set - now pucker up for Bosnia

Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Osijek (ˈɔsjɛk is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114616 in 2001 Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Pécs, (IPA, approximate pronunciation Pitch known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country close Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

Dictionary

tuzla

-noun

  1. A kind of central Anatolian rug.

Tuzla

-proper noun

  1. A town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in south east of country.
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