Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the

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. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. 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

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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 The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

and after, with

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, Serbs, Croats and a small minority of Bosnian Jews residing in Tuzla.

Etymology

The name Tuzla is the

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

word for salt mine, ''tuzla'', and refers to the extensive salt deposits found underneath the city. Leveraging on their shared name, the city is

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with Tuzla, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey.

History

Early history

Archaeological evidence suggests that Tuzla was a rich Neolithic settlement. Being inhabited continuously for more than 6,000 years, Tuzla is one of the oldest European sustained settlements. During the period of the Roman Republic (before the area was conquered by Rome), Tuzla (or Salines as it was called at the time) was ruled by the Illyrian tribe

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Middle Ages to 20th century

The city was first mentioned in 950 by Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his

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as a fort named ''Salines'' ( el, Σαλήνες). The name '' Soli'' was used in the Middle Ages. It means " salts" in Bosnian and the city's present name means "place of salt" in

. During the Middle Ages it belonged mostly to the medieval

Kingdom of Bosnia The Kingdom of Bosnia ( sh, Kraljevina Bosna / Краљевина Босна), or Bosnian Kingdom (''Bosansko kraljevstvo'' / Босанско краљевство), was a medieval kingdom that lasted for nearly a century, from 1377 to 1463, and ...

. After the fall of the kingdom to the Ottoman Empire in 1463, the region was controlled by the House of Berislavić before the Ottomans occupied the villages of "Gornje Soli" and "Donje Soli" around 1512, and took control of the entire Usora in the 1530s. It remained under Ottoman rule for nearly 400 years, where it was administered as part of the Sanjak of Zvornik. In 1878 it was occupied by Austria-Hungary. After the dissolution of the monarchy it became the part of the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Husino uprising took place in 1920. During the Second World War, Tuzla was included in the puppet Independent State of Croatia and controlled by the mainly Muslim

Hadžiefendić Legion The Hadžiefendić Legion ( sh, Hadžiefendićeva legija) or Muslim Legion was a Bosniak self-defence militia and Croatian Home Guard (Independent State of Croatia), Croatian Home Guard unit based in the predominantly Muslim Tuzla region of the In ...

of the Croatian Home Guard.Redžić, Enver (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War
Abingdon: Frank Cass. , p. 223 Tuzla was among the first areas in Europe to be liberated, when Tito's Yugoslav Partisans freed it from the German occupiers on 2 October 1943. Many members of the Legion deserted to the Partisans at this time. In December 1944, the city was unsuccessfully attacked by

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forces of

Draža Mihailović Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб Дража Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslavs, Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetniks, Chetnik Detachments ...

along with the Serbian State Guard. After the war it developed into a major industrial and cultural centre during the

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period in the former Yugoslavia. File:Siegelmarke Kreisbehörde D. Tuzla W0390952.jpg, Seal of Tuzla county, 1850–1923 File:Siegelmarke Stadt-Bezirksamt D. Tuzla W0301738.jpg, Seal of Tuzla town, 1850–1923 File:Durch Bosnien und die Herzegovina kreuz und quer; Wanderungen (1897) (14801793493).jpg, Tuzla salt mine, 1897 File:3. divizija NOVJ u Tuzli oktobra 1943.jpg, Third Yugoslav partisans' Corps marching through liberated Tuzla in October 1943. File:Old industrial park, Tuzla, Bosnia.jpg, Yugoslav-era industrial plants in Tuzla File:Termoelektrana Tuzla.JPG, Tuzla Power Plant

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 of Independence between 1992 and 1995 the town was the only municipality not governed by the SDA party-led authorities. After Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence and was recognized by the United Nations the city was besieged by Serbian forces. A few days later Serbian forces attacked Tuzla. The town was not spared the atrocities of the Bosnian War. Early in the war, troops, of the 92nd Motorised Brigade of the

Yugoslav National Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

, were ambushed by units of Bosnia's Territorial Defence Force, while attempting to withdraw from the city. During the incident, an estimated 92-200 Yugoslav troops were killed, and 33 wounded. It was regarded as a war crime. On 25 May 1995, an attack on Tuzla killed 71 people and injured 200 persons in what is referred to as the

Tuzla massacre On 25 May 1995, the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) launched an artillery attack against the town of Tuzla, which left 71 dead and 240 wounded. The event is also known as the Tuzla massacre. Background In the 1990 elections, Social Democrats won c ...

, when a shell fired from Serb's positions on the Ozren mountain (130 mm towed field gun M-46) hit the central street and its promenade. The youngest civilian who died in that massacre was only two years old. Following the Dayton Peace Accords, Tuzla was the headquarters of the U.S. forces for the Multinational Division (MND) during Operation Joint Endeavour IFOR and subsequent SFOR.

Post-war independence

In February 2014 the city was the scene of the beginning of the

2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a series of demonstrations and riots that began in the northern town of Tuzla on 4 February 2014 but quickly spread to multiple cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar, Jaj ...

, which quickly spread to dozens of cities and towns throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. After couple of days of calm protests, people lost patience and started burning cars in front of the canton government building, and later building itself. The building has yet to be repaired.

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. It is

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. The climate is moderate continental. 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.

Salt deposits

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. In the northeastern part of the town is an area known as Solina, named after the salt deposits.

Pannonian Lakes

Tuzla is the only city in Europe that has a

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at its centre. The ancient Pannonian Sea dried up around 10 million years ago, but work by researchers and scientists has now enabled a level of saline water to be kept stable at the surface, and in 2003 the Pannonian Lake was opened. A second lake that includes artificial waterfalls was inaugurated in 2008. An archaeological park and replica Neolithic lake dwellings were also incorporated into the scheme, providing information about the different cultures which left their material and spiritual mark here. The site has become an international tourist destination. A third lake was completed in August 2012. Construction expenses for this were nearly 2 million Bosnian marks (ca. 1 million euros). This third lake also contains 2 water slides which are an attraction for the younger population. The summer season of 2013 recorded approximately 5,000 visitors per day (c. 450,000 for 3 months).

Climate

Tuzla has a temperate

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( Köppen climate classification ''Cfb'') with hot summers with cool nights and cool winters with chilly nights.

Administration

Tuzla is the seat of the Tuzla Canton, which is a canton of the

, 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 Gornja Tuzla ( en, Upper Tuzla) is a town east of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its neighboring town is Simin Han. History There is evidence of the prehistoric Vinča culture being present in Gornja Tuzla as early as 5200 BC. The present-day c ...

(''Upper Tuzla''), as well as the villages of Husino, Par Selo, Simin Han, Obodnica, Kamenjaši, Plane, Šići and others. The current mayor of Tuzla is Zijad Lugavić, born in 1973, of the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH). He succeeded long-time mayor Jasmin Imamović in 2022. The City council of Tuzla has 30 members, of the following parties: * Independent – 12 members * Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH) – 8 members *

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(PzP) – 2 members *Tuzla alternative – 2 members * Party of Democratic Action (SDA) – 1 member * Social Democrats (SD BiH) – 1 member * Our Party (NS) – 1 member *

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(HDZ BiH) – 1 member * Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH) – 1 member * Movement of Democratic Action (PDA) – 1 member

Demographics

Demographics in Tuzla municipality:

1971 census

Total: 107,293 *53,271 (49.65%) –

*27,735 (25.84%) – Croats *21,089 (19.65%) – Serbs *2,540 (2.36%) – Yugoslavs *2,658 (2.47%) – others and unknown

1981 census

Total: 121,717 *52,400 (43.05%) – Bosniaks *24,811 (20.38%) – Croats *20,261 (16.64%) – Serbs *19,059 (15.65%) – Yugoslavs *5,186 (4.26%) – others and unknown

1991 census

Total: 131,618 *62,669 (47.61%) – Bosniaks *21,995 (16.71%) – Yugoslavs *20,398 (15.49%) – Croats *20,271 (15.40%) – Serbs *6,285 (4.77%) – others and unknown

2013 census

Total: 110,979 *80,774 (72.78%) – Bosniaks *15,396 (13.87%) – Croats *3,378 (3.04%) – Serbs *11,431 (10.30%) – others and unknown Source

Culture

Arts

One of the most influential writers in the Balkans, Meša Selimović hails from Tuzla, and 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, the Tuzla National Theatre, was founded by the brothers Mihajlo and Živko Crnogorčević in 1898 during Austro-Hungarian rule, and is the oldest theatre in the country. The theatre is working continuously since 1944. The Portrait Gallery has continuous exhibitions of work by local and international artists. The Ismet Mujezinović Gallery is mainly dedicated to Ismet Mujezinović, a painter from Tuzla. The Eastern Bosnia Museum exhibits archaeological, ethnological, historical and artistic pieces and artifacts from the whole region. An open-air museum at ''Solni Trg'', opened in 2004, tells the story of salt production in Tuzla.

Religion

Apart from Tuzla's many mosques, there is also an Orthodox church that went untouched throughout the war. The Franciscan monastery of “St. Peter and Paul” in town is still very active as there is a sizable Catholic community in Tuzla. The church of St.Francis (sv. Franjo) which had been demolished after being hit by a landslide in 1987 is being rebuilt since 2011 and should open by 2019. Just outside the town, in the nearby village of Breska, is a 200-year-old Catholic church. Tuzla is also home to an old Jewish cemetery which recently underwent renovations, organized by the OPEN Organization of Tuzla and the Jewish Municipality of Tuzla. According to a 2013 census, most of the citizens living in Tuzla are Muslims, to be precise 75.4%, with

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accounting for 13.7%, while 3.3% of the population being Orthodox, 3.6% of people belong to other religions, and 3.9% of people are not religious.

Music

Bosnian roots music came from Middle Bosnia, Posavina, the Drina valley and

Kalesija Kalesija ( sr-cyrl, Калесија) is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, east of Tuzla. As of ...

. It is usually performed by singers with two violinists and a šargija player. These bands first appeared around World War I and became popular in the 1960s. This is the third oldest music following after the

sevdalinka Sevdalinka (), also known as Sevdah music, is a traditional Musical genre, genre of folk music originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but is also spread across th ...

and ilahija. Self-taught people, mostly in two or three members of the different choices of old instruments, mostly in the violin, sacking, saz, drums, flutes () or wooden flute, as others have already called, the original performers of Bosnian music that can not be written notes, transmitted by ear from generation to generation, family is usually hereditary. It is thought to be brought from Persia-Kalesi tribe that settled in the area of present Sprecanski valleys and hence probably the name Kalesija. In this part of Bosnia it is the most common. Again, it became the leader of First World War onwards, as well as 60 years in the field Sprecanski doline. This kind of music was enjoyed by all three peoples in Bosnia, Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs, and it contributed a lot to reconcile people socializing, entertainment and other organizations through festivala. In Kalesija it's maintained each year with the Bosnian Festival Original music. Studio Kemix firm Dzemal Dzihanovic from Živinice together with his artists brought this kind of music to perfection at the end 20th century. With its entirely new form of modernity, it is most common in the Tuzla Canton and the cradle of this music city Živinice was named Bosnian town of original music. Songs are performed preferably in a

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, the first and second voice which is a special secret performance of this music and some performers sing in troglasju as they do Kalesijski triple that was recorded in 1968, as the first written record of the tone on the album, along with Higurashi no naku.

Sports

Founded in 1927, the Workers Sports Society Sloboda became the first sporting organization in Tuzla. It has 14 member clubs. The city is home to two

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clubs. '' FK Sloboda'' and ''

FK Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City ( en, Football Club Tuzla City), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han ( en, Football Club Sloga Simin Han), is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays ...

''. Both teams play in the top tier Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina with home games played at the Tušanj City Stadium. OKK Sloboda basketball club and

RK Sloboda Rukometni Klub Sloboda Tuzla, commonly abbreviated as RK Sloboda Tuzla is a team handball club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the RSD Sloboda Tuzla. It plays its home games in Mejdan, Tuzla. The clubs greatest success are ...

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club play their home games in the Mejdan Sports Arena which has a seating capacity of 4,900. Jedinstvo Tuzla is the female counterpart to Sloboda. The women's basketball team Jedinstvo Aida won the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup, with the most famous sportswoman from Tuzla,

Razija Mujanović Razija Mujanović (born 15 April 1967) is a Bosnian former women's basketball player. She was voted the best female European basketball player three times (1991, 1994 and 1995) by the Italian sports magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport. She was elec ...

. She was inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017.

Miscellaneous

On 1 September 2007, 6,980 couples kissed for 10 seconds in Tuzla, Bosnia erasing the previous

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World kissing Records of the Philippines and Hungary (for synchronised osculation in 2004 with 5,327 Filipino couples, overtaken by Hungary in 2005 with 5,875 couples; Filipinos came back in February 2010 with 6,124 couples but the Hungarians responded in June 2010 with 6,613 couples). The record now awaits official certification. On 26 September 2008, Tuzla began offering free wireless internet access in the city center. On 7 May 2010, Tuzla tried to break the World Record for the world's largest mass waltz dance. It is estimated that over 1,521 couples danced together on the main city square.

Transport

Tuzla has an

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located at Dubrave (

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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 and obtained

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certificate for civilian Air traffic in 2008. 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. Nowadays former Eagle Base become home of Bosnian Military Forces. In 2013. the airport became a base for Wizz Air.

Tuzla International Airport Tuzla International Airport ( bs, Međunarodni aerodrom Tuzla/Међународни аеродром Тузла); is an airport near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tuzla International Airport is the second largest airport in Bosnia and Herzegov ...

nowadays has connection to 17+ European cities and expanding. More than 300000 passengers have been traveled via Tuzla International Airport in 2016.In 2017

broke its own record for most passengers in one year with 535.596 passengers. While in 2018 that number again rose up to 584.47

Tuzla has a railway station that has passenger services to Doboj, from where trains run to Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade. The services to Brčko were discontinued in 2012. Tuzla is well connected with other major cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and even with some European cities via its bus connections. Bus and taxi traffic is very well organised in Tuzla and is affordable to its citizens. Bus stations were built in 1970 and completely renovated and modernized in 2017.

Education

Tuzla is home to the University of Tuzla, with 16,500 students, and also the

American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina The American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (''abbr''. AUBiH) was a private university located in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2021, the State Investigation and Protection Agency raided the university, the founder and owner Denis ...

Universities

* University of Tuzla *

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Schools

* Association Citizens Educational Center *

Behram-Begova Medresa Tuzla The Behram-Begova Medresa is the oldest educational institution found in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informall ...

Secondary Music School in Tuzla Secondary Music School in Tuzla ( bs, Srednja muzička škola Tuzla) is a Public Institution music school in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, established in 1957. History Foundation and early years Tuzla Music School was founded by the decision ...

Gimnazija Meša Selimović Gimnazija Meša Selimović is a high school in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on 12 September 1899. Notable students * Mirza Delibašić * Meša Selimović * Mirza Teletović * Vedad Ibišević * Elmedin Kikanović * Mladen Stojano ...

*Gimnazija Ismet Mujezinović * Građevinsko-Geodetska Škola Tuzla * Katolički Školski Centar "Sv.Franjo" Tuzla *

Ekonomsko-Trgovinska Škola Tuzla Economic-Trade School Tuzla (Bosnian: Ekonomsko-trgovinska škola Tuzla) is one of the oldest schools still in function in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–H ...

Elektrotehnička Škola Tuzla The Electrical Engineering School of Tuzla is a high school located in Tuzla, which was founded in 1970, with the goal to join all professions related to electrical engineering in one school, that were in two schools before 1970. The Electrical ...

Medicinska Škola Tuzla Medicinska Škola Tuzla, is a four-year high school that prepares and qualifies students for immediate work in health institutions, as well as for continuing education in colleges and higher education institutions. It was founded April 7, 1954. C ...

Mješovita Mašinska-Saobraćajna Škola Tuzla Although a PI Mixed Secondary traffic school formed only in 1992. Decision of the Assembly of Tuzla municipality, its origins go back much earlier. In fact, the start of school in Tuzla Traffic associated with the integration of the Industrial C ...

Notable people

Alma Zadić Alma Zadić (; born 24 May 1984) is a Bosnian-born Austrian lawyer and politician of the Green Party. She has been serving as Minister of Justice since 7 January 2020 in the governments of Chancellors Sebastian Kurz, Alexander Schallenberg an ...

, Austrian politician *

Amer Delić Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeaster ...

, professional tennis player *

Andrea Petković Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 ...

, German professional tennis player * Andreja Pejić, Australian model * Damir Mulaomerović, Croatian basketball player * Denis Azabagić, guitarist * Emir Hadžihafizbegović, actor *

Emir Vildić Emir Vildić (born 25 February 1984) in Tuzla is a Bosnian - German musician, with a honours degree in Diploma – Accordionist, and award winning teacher.https://montessorituzla.ba/muzicka-sekcija/ Education Vildić finished his elementary mu ...

, musician * Lepa Brena, singer *

Maya Sar Maja Sarihodžić (; ; born 12 July 1981), known by her stage name Maya Sar, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter. She represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Korake ti znam". ...

, singer * Meša Selimović, writer * Milan Đurić, footballer * Mirza Delibašić, basketball player, Olympic, World and European champion, FIBA Hall of Fame member * Miralem Pjanić, footballer *

Miroslav Tadić Miroslav Tadic solo performance. Miroslav Tadić (born 1959) is a Serbian guitarist, composer, improviser and music educator. Career He performs regularly in Europe, Japan and the United States and made over 30 CDs for numerous labels including ...

, musician * Muhamed Hevaji Uskufi Bosnevi, writer, poet *

Muhamed Hadžiefendić Muhamed Hadžiefendić (January 1898 – 2 October 1943) was a Bosnian Muslim officer in the Home Guard of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II, commanding the Hadžiefendić Legion. Life Muhamed Hadžiefendić was born in Tuzla ...

, commander of

* Muhamed Konjić, retired football player * Nesim Tahirović, painter *

Jusuf Nurkić Jusuf Nurkić (; born 23 August 1994), nicknamed "the Bosnian Beast", is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at tall and weighing 290 lb (132 kg ...

, basketball player for Portland Trail Blazers * Sanja Maletić, singer *

Siniša Martinović Siniša Martinović (born December 19, 1980, in Tuzla) is a Croatian professional ice hockey goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering ...

, professional ice hockey player *

Svetlana Dašić-Kitić Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as ...

, retired handball player, Voted World Player of the Year 1988 by the International Handball Federation * Zlatan Saračević, retired Olympic athlete, European Indoor Championships 1980 Sindelfingen gold winner – shot put.

Twin towns – sister cities

Tuzla is

with: *

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, Turkey * Bologna, Italy *

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, Spain * Linz, Austria *

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, Croatia * Pécs, Hungary * Saint-Denis, France * Tuzla, Turkey

Gallery

File:Work Affair Building Tuzla 01TE.jpg, Work Affair and Residential building in the center square of Tuzla. File:Residental Building Stupine Tuzla.jpg, High scale building at residential zone Stupine. File:ISM 02 Tuzla.jpg, Business center, as well as the main Muslim Religious center. File:TrgSlobode2IP.jpg, Trg Slobode File:Tuzla Massacre memorial complex.jpg, WWII memorial File:Panorama Mellain 05.jpg, Panoramic view of the ''Mellain'' Hotel building from the Pannonian Lakes. File:King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Mosque, Tuzla.jpg, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Mosque. File:Tuzla Thermal Power Plant02A.jpg,

Tuzla Thermal Power Plant Tuzla Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired thermal power plant in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is operated by Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EBiH). History Construction of th ...

, the largest thermal-powered plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Notes

References

External links

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Tuzlanski Info Portal
local news website {{Authority control Populated places in Tuzla Cities and towns in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina