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Tuzla Canton
Flag of the Tuzla Canton Coat of arms of the Tuzla Canton
(Flag) (Coat of arms)
Location of Tuzla Canton
Main city Tuzla
Head of Canton Bajazit Jašarević
Municipalities Banovići, Čelić, Doboj Istok, Gračanica, Gradačac, Kalesija, Kladanj, Lukavac, Sapna, Srebrenik, Teočak, Tuzla, Živinice
Area 2,649.0 km²
Population
 - Total
 - Density

502,418
189.67/km²

The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla. Image File history File links Tuzlanskikzastava. ... Image File history File links Tuzlacantongrb. ... made from Image:BosniaGradSarajevo. ... Tuzla (Serbian Cyrillic: Тузла) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... In Bosnia and Herzegovina the smallest administrative unit is the municipality or (Opcina). ... Banovići is a municipality in northweastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The municipality of ÄŒelić is located in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Doboj East (Doboj Istok/Добој Исток) is a small rural municipality in the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Gračanica is a town and a municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located east of Doboj and west of Tuzla. ... Gradačac (Serbian: Градачац) is a small town in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Tuzla Canton about 40 km south of the Sava river. ... Coat of Arms Kalesija is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Kladanj is a town and municipality in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Lukavac is a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Sapna is a small paki and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Shield of Srebrenik with the medieval Fort of Srebrenik dating from 1333 Municipality of Srebrenik (marked green) Srebrenik is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Municipality of Teočak (marked green) located in northeastern Bosnia Teočak is a town and municipality in the northeastern part Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Tuzla (Serbian Cyrillic: Тузла) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Živinice is a town in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of Tuzla. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... (Redirected from 1 E12 m2) To help compare orders of magnitude of different surface areas, here is a list of areas between 1 million km² and 10 million km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Cantons are provincial units used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Tuzla (Serbian Cyrillic: Тузла) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...


It comprises of the municipalities of Banovići, Čelić, Doboj Istok (Doboj East), Gradačac, Gračanica, Kladanj, Kalesija, Lukavac, Sapna, Srebrenik, Teočak and Živinice, as well as the city of Tuzla. Banovići is a municipality in northweastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The municipality of ÄŒelić is located in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Doboj East (Doboj Istok/Добој Исток) is a small rural municipality in the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Gradačac (Serbian: Градачац) is a small town in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Tuzla Canton about 40 km south of the Sava river. ... Gračanica is a town and a municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located east of Doboj and west of Tuzla. ... Kladanj is a town and municipality in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Coat of Arms Kalesija is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Lukavac is a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Sapna is a small paki and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Shield of Srebrenik with the medieval Fort of Srebrenik dating from 1333 Municipality of Srebrenik (marked green) Srebrenik is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Municipality of Teočak (marked green) located in northeastern Bosnia Teočak (Cyrillic: Теочак) is a town and municipality in the northeastern part Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Živinice is a town in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of Tuzla. ... Tuzla (Serbian Cyrillic: Тузла) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...


The area of the canton is 2,908 km². At the 1991 census, the area was populated by 949,621 people of which 60% were Bosniaks, 28% Serbs, 9% Croats, and the rest belonged to minority groups (Yugoslavs, Roma, Slovenes, Ukrainians et al.). 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bosniaks (Bosnian: BoÅ¡njaci, IPA: ) are a South Slav people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in Kosovo. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... The definition of a minority group can vary, depending on specific context, but generally refers to either a sociological sub-group that does not form either a majority or a plurality of the total population, or a group that, while not necessarily a numerical minority, is disadvantaged or otherwise has... Yugoslav was an ethnic designation used by some people in former Yugoslavia, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries. ... This article is becoming very long. ...


In 2002, the Tuzla Canton had an estimated population of 607,571 residents of which 546,814 were Bosniaks (90%). For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Bosniaks (Bosnian: Bošnjaci, IPA: ) are a South Slav people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in Kosovo. ...


The canton was created by the Bosniak-Croat Washington Accords in 1994, and its boundaries defined by the Dayton Accords in 1995. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, i. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Bosnia's best-preserved medieval fort, dating from 1333, is in Srebrenik. Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Events End of the Kamakura period and beginning of the Kemmu restoration in Japan. ... Shield of Srebrenik with the medieval Fort of Srebrenik dating from 1333 Municipality of Srebrenik (marked green) Srebrenik is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

 
Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zastava Bosne i Hercegovine

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Tuzla travel guide (662 words)
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.
Evidence of settlements from the remotest past, which have existed in the area of the present-day Tuzla, is evident from the remains of archeologically discovered and investigated cultural layers.
Within the Bosnian vilayet, Tuzla was under the administrative government of the Zvornik sanjak and it was granted a status of quadiluk with a domicile first in Gornja Tuzla, which was moved to Tuzla proper around the middle of the 17th century.
Tuzla at AllExperts (825 words)
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.
The Mayor of Tuzla Municipality is Jasmin Imamović, a writer and lawyer born in 1957, of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
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