Tuzi Municipality ( Montenegrin: Opština Tuzi / Општина Тузи; Albanian: Komuna e Tuzit) is one of the 24

Municipalities of Montenegro The ''municipalities'' ( Serbian: ''opštine'' / општине, singular: ''opština'' / општина) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is divided into 25 municipalities including the Old Royal Capita ...

. The municipal seat is the town of

Tuzi Tuzi ( cnr, Tuzi/Тузи, ; sq, Tuz or ''Tuzi'') is a small town in Montenegro and the seat of Tuzi Municipality, Montenegro. It is located along a main road between the city of Podgorica and the Albanian border crossing, just a few kilometers n ...

. The municipality is located about 10 km south of the capital

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

and consists of more than 40 distinct settlements. The municipality roughly encompasses the Montenegrin part of Malesija (Albanian: Malësia) region.

Geography and location

Tuzi is situated to the northwest of Lake Shkodra, 10 km from

and 130 km to

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

(Albania). It is located in surrounded by forests and mountains that are further connected with

Accursed Mountains The Accursed Mountains ( sq, Bjeshkët e Nemuna; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Проклетије, Prokletije, ; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps ( sq, Alpet Shqiptare), are a mountain group in the western part of the B ...

. Later developments also include a football stadium, Korita, Lake of Rikavac, Vitoja, wellspring in Traboin,

Cem (river) The Cem ( sq, Cem, or in its definite form ), also known as the Cijevna ( cyrl, Цијевна), is a river that rises in Kelmend, Albania and after nearly half of its length crosses into Montenegro, where it flows into the River Morača near th ...

etc. It is located along a main road between the City of

and the Albanian border crossing, just a few kilometers north of Lake Shkodra. The Church of St. Anthony and Qazimbeg's Mosque are located in the centre of the town. Tuzi is the newest municipality in Montenegro, becoming an independent municipality since 1 September 2018.

Local parliament

Settlements

The Municipality of Tuzi consists of following towns and villages (2011 census):

Demographics

According to 2011 census, the town of Tuzi has a population of 4,748, while Tuzi Municipality has 11,422 residents.Zvanični rezultati popisa na web stranici Zavoda za statistiku Crne Gore
/ref> Out of this, roughly half are Albanians, 1/3 define themselves as

ethnic Muslims Muslims (Serbo-Croatian Latin and sl, Muslimani, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and mk, Муслимани) is a designation for a Serbo-Croatian speaking Muslims, inhabiting mostly the territory of the former Yugoslav republics. The term, adopted ...

, 1/4 as Bosniaks and the rest as Montenegrins. There is also a small community of Romani. According to the last national census of 2011 the newly formed municipality is made up of the following ethnic groups; 7.786 Albanians (68.44%), 1.050 Bosniaks (9.23%), 702

(6.17%), 1.137 Montenegrins (9.99%) 244 Serbs (2.15%) and 111 Romani people (0.98%).

Gallery

File:Decic Hill and Dinaric Alps Prokletije.jpg, Town of

and the Decic Hill File:Podgorica-Tuzi Vulaj village IMG 1321 Dečić mountain.JPG, Decic Hill and the Prokletije massif File:Gebirgsfahrten 15.JPG, Cem river (Cijevna), Tuzi municipality File:Tuzi Urban municipality, Montenegro - panoramio (1).jpg, Cijevna (Cem) river waterfalls

References

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