| Tuzla, situated on the south - east
slopes of the Majevica mountain, occupies the central
area of north - east Bosnia. Two minor rivers, Jala and
Solina, run through the town. The elevation of the town
is 239 meter above sea level, and it occupies an area
of approximately 15 square kilometer. The town has a population
of approximately 100 000, while the greater municipal
area has 170 000 inhabitants. It's the fourth biggest
town in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it's the economic,
scientific, cultural, educational, health and tourist
center of north-east Bosnia.
Tuzla is the domicile of major industrial, commercial,
traffic, construction and tourist organizations, many
of which were included in the international trade. Coal
Mines "KREKA", Chemical Complex "SODASO",
Production Commercial Complex "PTK", Construction
industrial company "Tehnograd", Termoelectric
Power Station ("Termoelektrana"), Chemical
Industry "HAK", Tuzla Bank and other. Whenever
you come to this town you can stay in Hotel "Tuzla".
There is a railroad, connecting Tuzla to the traffic
centers Doboj and Vinkovci, and also highways to Sarajevo,
Adriatic coast and Zagreb which open its ways to the
Western Europe. The town is surrounded by attractive
picnic locations: Ilincica in the closest proximity
of the town itself, Kiseljak and the Modrac lake, Mackovac
and Vijenac on Konjuh mountain, Toplice on the Spreca
river etc.
The mineral water springs Salt Water Baths and Kiseljak
are among the significant natural resources of Tuzla.
The underground exploatation of mineral raw materials,
which has been going on in this area in the past several
decades has caused a considerable subsiding of terrain
in the town and the places the ground has subsided up
to 10 meter. This has brought about tearing down of
many buildings, especially objects of old architecture,
which in turn change the character of the town to a
considerable extent. Many famous streets, squares and
neighbourhoods of old Tuzla have disappeared. In recent
years much efforts has been put into a planned revitalization
of these areas to bring life back into them. One of
the projects that have been realized was also old "Cesma"
rebuilt few years ago situated at the center of the
town.
Tuzla is a university and educational center with several
organization providing university, high school and pre-school
education. The active cultural professional organizations
and institutions in Tuzla include the National Theater,
The Portrait Gallery, The Ismet Mujezinovic's Gallery,
The Museum, The Library, The Historic Archives, The
Youth Center, The Cultural - Sports Center "Mejdan",
The Culture and Arts Association "Bosna" etc
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