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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.

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.

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.).

In 2002, the Tuzla Canton had an estimated population of 607,571 residents of which 546,814 were Bosniaks (90%).

The canton was created by the Bosniak-Croat Washington Accords in 1994, and its boundaries defined by the Dayton Accords in 1995.

Bosnia's best-preserved medieval fort, dating from 1333, is in Srebrenik.

 


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