Tuzla
Tuzla | |
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| Grad Tuzla City of Tuzla | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Tuzla within Bosnia and Herzegovina (dark blue) | |
Interactive map of Tuzla | |
| Coordinates: 44°32′17″N 18°40′34″E / 44.53806°N 18.67611°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 (UK: /ˈtʊzlə/, US: /ˈtuːz-/, Bosnian 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 is the economic, cultural, educational, health, and tourist center of northeast Bosnia. It is an educational center and home to two universities. It is 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. Panonsko Lake, Europe's only salt lake and part of its central park has more than 350,000 people visiting each year and it is in Tuzla.
Tuzla's history is as old as the 9th century; the modern city 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 living in Tuzla.