Tuzla

Tuzla

Tuzla, 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.