Gornja Tuzla (English: Upper Tuzla) is a town east of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its neighboring town is Simin Han.
Gornja Tuzla | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Gornja Tuzla | |
| Coordinates: 44°33′26.8″N 18°45′44.6″E / 44.557444°N 18.762389°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Tuzla |
| Municipality |  Tuzla |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.38 sq mi (13.93 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 3,017 |
| • Density | 560/sq mi (220/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 (35) |
History
editThere is evidence of the prehistoric Vinča culture being present in Gornja Tuzla as early as 5200 BC.[1] The present-day city of Tuzla was first granted status as a town by the reigning Ottoman Empire in 1477. The kadžiluk of Tuzla was established in 1573, with headquarters in Gornja Tuzla. In the mid-seventeenth century, the seat of the kadžiluk was transferred to Donja Tuzla.[2] Gornja Tuzla was part of the Empire's Sanjak of Zvornik in the Bosnia Vilayet. The Hadži Iskenderova mosque in the center of town, built in the 1500s, still stands today.
In about 1884 Austria-Hungary began boring salt in Gornja Tuzla, Simin Han and Donja Tuzla.[3] On 3 October 1943, a day after the city of Tuzla was liberated, Gornja Tuzla was liberated by the 16th Vojvodina Division of the Yugoslav Partisans.[4]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2013 census, its population was 3,017.[5]
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bosniaks | 2,872 | 95.2% |
| Croats | 32 | 1.1% |
| Serbs | 1 | 0.0% |
| other/undeclared | 112 | 3.7% |
| Total | 3,017 | 100% |
References
edit- ^ Lambert, Joseph B.; Lambert, B. (6 August 2008). Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology Through Chemistry; page 175. ISBN 9780786725731. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Clancy, Tim (2013). Bosnia and Herzegovina; page 281. ISBN 9781841624495. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts; page 428". 1886. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Hoare, Marko Attila (2014). Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War; page 135. ISBN 978-0-19-936543-2. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
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