Tuzla

Tuzla
Tuz·la (to͞ozʹlä)
A city of northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina northeast of Sarajevo. It is an industrial center with salt springs known since Roman times. Population: 61,100.

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Town (pop., 1991: 83,770), northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Deposits of rock salt are located nearby; in the 10th century the town was called Soli (meaning "salts"), and its present name is from the Turkish tuz, "salt." It was a Turkish garrison town from 1510 until it passed to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 19th century. It was incorporated into Yugoslavia in 1918. It is the centre for a mining region and an agricultural district. It was a target during the war in Bosnia in the 1990s (see Bosnian conflict).

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      town, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the Tuzla Basin. Tuzla has long been associated with local deposits of rock salt. In the 10th century it was called Soli (Salts), and its present name is from the Turkish tuz, “salt.”

      From 1510 Tuzla was a Turkish garrison town, until in the 19th century it passed under the Austro-Hungarian Empire; in 1918 it was incorporated into Yugoslavia. Large quantities of lignite are mined in the basin, and there is a mining institute in the town. Its good rail and road connections make Tuzla a collection point for agricultural produce. It is also the site of thermal-power stations. Pop. (2005 est.) 84,100.

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