Canton of Tuzla

Tuzla

Residents	445,028 pop (2013)
Population density	168 inhabitants / km²
surface	2649 km²
Administrative headquarters	Tuzla
Head of government	Denijal Tulumović (discontinued March 2020)
Communities	13
ISO-3166-2 code	`BA-03`
Location of the canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The canton of Tuzla ( Bosnian Tuzlanski canton , until 1999 Tuzlansko-podrinjski canton , "canton Tuzla-Podrinje") is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It gets its name from its capital Tuzla .

He and covers an area of 2,649, with about 445,000 inhabitants the most populous canton in Federation and one of five majority Bosniak populated cantons.

Communities

The canton consists of 13 municipalities (2013 population)

Banovići 23,431
Čelić 12,083
Doboj-Istok 10,866
Gračanica 48.395
Gradačac 41,836
Kalesija 36,748
Kladanj 13.041
Lukavac 46.731
Sapna 12.136
Srebrenik 42,762
Teočak 7,607
Tuzla 120.441
Živinice 61,201

history

The canton of Tuzla was established in 1994 when the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was established by the Washington Agreement . Its current borders were given by the Dayton Treaty of 1995, which defined the border between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska .

Except for Banovići, Srebrenik and Živinice, all municipalities have undergone a territorial change as a result of the Dayton Agreement.