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Bosnia and Herzegovina / Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina / Tuzla /
A city in Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Tuzla is located in the northeastern part of Bosnia, settled just underneath the Majevica mountain, on the Jala river. The central zone lies in an east-west oriented plain, with residential areas in the north and south of the city located on the Ilinčica, Kicelj and Gradina hills. The climate is moderate continental.

First mentioned in 950 as a county under Hungarian rule, the town was later referred to by historians as Soli. Soli means "salts" in the Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian language and the city's present name means "place of salt" in Turkish. However, there is enough archaeologic evidence to suggest that Tuzla was a rich neolithic settlement, and hence inhabited continuously for more than 6,000 years which makes Tuzla one of the oldest European settlements with sustained living. An open-air museum at Solni Trg, opened in 2004, tells the story of salt production in Tuzla.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzla
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Coordinates:   44°32'8"N   18°40'35"E

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