Tuzla

Tuzla is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 131,000 inhabitants. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 160,000 inhabitants. 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.

Contemporary 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. From Tuzla hails one of the most influential writers in the Balkans, Me?a Selimovi?. In addition, Tuzla hosts the annual Me?a Selimovi? book festival (in July), where an award for the best novel written in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro is presented. The first professional theatre in Tuzla, Narodno Pozori?te u Tuzli, was founded by the brothers Mihajlo and ?ivko Crnogor?evi? in 1944.

Related Topics:
Me?a Selimovi? - Croatia - Serbia and Montenegro

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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. Administratively, Tuzla is divided into 39 mjesne zajednice (local districts).

Related Topics:
Tuzla Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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, ?i?i, and others.

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The Mayor of Tuzla Municipality is Jasmin Imamovi?, a writer and lawyer born in 1957, of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was reelected to a second term in 2004.

Related Topics:
Mayor - Jasmin Imamovi? - Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The City council of Tuzla has 30 members, of the following parties:

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• Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP) - 14 members
• Party of Democratic Action (SDA) - 6 members
• BOSS (Bosnian Party) - 4 members
• Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (za BiH) - 2 members
• People's party (Radom za boljitak) - 2 members
• Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ) - 2 members.

The Chairwoman of the City Council, Nada Mladina, is a member of the SDP.

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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.

Related Topics:
Bologna - L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Pécs - Osijek - Ravenna

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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.

Related Topics:
IATA - Trolleybus

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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), karate (KBS Tuzla-Sinalco being the biggest club) and sport with oldest traditional in Tuzla is Gymnastics.

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Tuzla is home to the University of Tuzla, with more than 10,000 students.

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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.

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