Tuzla is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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19 Facts About Tuzla
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Tuzla is the economic, cultural, educational, health and tourist centre of northeast Bosnia.
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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.
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In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla is 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 residing in Tuzla.
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Name Tuzla is the Ottoman Turkish word for salt mine, tuzla, and refers to the extensive salt deposits found underneath the city.
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Archaeological evidence suggests that Tuzla was a rich Neolithic settlement.
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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.
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On 25 May 1995, an attack on Tuzla killed 71 people and injured 200 persons in what is referred to as the Tuzla massacre, when a shell fired from Serb's positions on the Ozren mountain hit the central street and its promenade.
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Tuzla is located in the northeastern part of Bosnia, settled just underneath the Majevica mountain range, on the Jala River.
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Tuzla has a temperate oceanic climate with hot summers with cool nights and cool winters with chilly nights.
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Current Mayor of Tuzla is Jasmin Imamovic, born in 1957, of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Apart from Tuzla's many mosques, there is an Orthodox church that went untouched throughout the war.
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On 26 September 2008, Tuzla began offering free wireless internet access in the city center.
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On 7 May 2010, Tuzla tried to break the World Record for the world's largest mass waltz dance.
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Tuzla has an international airport located at Dubrave, and an effective and well-developed public bus network.
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Tuzla is well connected with other major cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and even with some European cities via its bus connections.
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Tuzla is home to the University of Tuzla, with 16,500 students, and the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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