The city of Tuzla is the administrative center and the economic, cultural and educational center of the Tuzla Canton and the economic-geographic region of northeastern Bosnia. Tuzla is predominantly an industrial city, the center of the municipality of the same name and the Tuzla Canton. It is also the economic, cultural, sports and educational center of northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the valley of Majevica Mountain.

The city is famous for its chemical and motor industry. It is especially known for the great wealth of salt, after which it got its name (from the Turkish language: "greed" means "so"), and this city lies on a large number of salt mines.

Natural resources and rich deposits of energy and mineral resources have been a determining factor in directing the current economic development of this region, and at the same time are an important backbone of future development.

Tuzla has made its special geological history the oldest or one of the oldest settlements in Europe. Namely, much of Europe, in the ancient geological past, represented the bottom of the Pannonian Sea. And the last remains of this must have receded from the present surface 10 million years ago. Just below Tuzla this sea left a trace of 350 million tons of salty rock and salt water. Salt water was raining to the surface, people were processing it in so still in the neolith. They later formed wells, which became more and more modern, and salt water became the basis of the chemical industry in modern Tuzla.

On July 18, 2003, local authorities decided to draw a large amount of salt water to the surface, to the previously prepared bottom, so Tuzla is now the only city in Europe that has a salt lake and the only city in the world whose salt lake is at the same time a bathing place and beach in the narrowest historical city center. The salt water of the Pannonian Lake is allegedly and healing.

Tuzla has a great industrial tradition, based on rich salt and coal deposits.

Today Tuzla is a city of new energy, in recent years it has experienced a great expansion of construction and rapid development.

Bus station Split is located in the city centre and near the harbor and railway station, so the transfer of the passengers is very efficient. All parts of the city are connected by a dense network of bus lines and also with more than 30 lines of suburban and the wide urban traffic.

Next to the bus terminal there are numerous bars, several fast food restaurants and a large number of kiosks.

Less than a kilometer away from the station there are restaurants "Bistro Black Cat", "Olive", "Dalmatino", and hotels "Radddisson Blue Resort" and "Luxe".

Address of the bus station:

Coast of the Duke Domagoj, No. 12, 21000 Split, Croatia

Contact:

Phone: +385 (0) 21329-180

Fax: +385 (0) 21329-182

Info phone (domestic transport): +385 (0) 60327-777

Info phone (international transport): +385 (0) 21329-199

E-mail (information): info@ak-split.hr

Railway station and the ferry port are located in the city center, while the airport is located in Kaštela, which is 20 km away from Split. Airport bus goes several times a day from the city center to the airport and vice versa. Price per person is 30kn (4 euros approximately).

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Useful numbers:

Doctor: (021) 481 060

Dentist: (021) 489 428

Police: (021) 307 111

Post office: (021) 342 400

Taxi: (021) 347 777

Jadrolinija: (021) 338 333

Tourist Office: (021) 348 600