Tuzi
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Tuzi (Albanian

Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

, Montenegrin

Montenegrin language

Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

: Tuzi, tǔːzi)is a town in the Podgorica

Podgorica

Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...

 municipality, Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, located along a main road between the city of Podgorica and the Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

n border crossing, just a few kilometers north of Lake Skadar. The exact location of Tuzi is 42°21′56"N 19°19′53"E. It a centre of Tuzi urban municipality, a subdivision of Podgorica municipality.

Origin of name

Although there is no historical record for the name "Tuzi", locals say it owes it name to its founder and first settler, Llesh Tuzi. He was said to have lived in the 15th century and migrated from the Albanian Highlands (Malesia e Madhe).

History

The town of Tuzi is situated in the region of Malesija. It is the largest and most important town in the region. The Albanians of Tuzi today are originally from the surrounding Malësia

Malësia

Malësia or Malësia e Madhe, is a historical geographical region in northern Albania and eastern Montenegro. It consists of an area of land that stretches from the southeast of Podgorica to northern shores of Lake Scutari, and includes much of the Malësi e Madhe District of Albania...

 region tribes of Hoti

Hoti

Hoti in Pukhto pronounced as Oothay is a Union council in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The town is located 34°12'0N° 72°4'0E with an altitude of 284 metres and lies just west of Peshawar - the capital of the province and is inhabited by the Kamalzai Pashtuns, a sub-tribe of the...

, Gruda

Gruda

Grudë is a region within Malësia in southern Montenegro. Grudë lies just north of Lake Skadar and includes the small city of Tuzi, the major urban center of Malësia.-Religion:...

, Triesh

Triesh

Triesh is one of the seven Albanian tribes of Malësi e Madhe. Today, around 400 descendants of the tribe live in the small but active tribal sub-region. Trieshi, as well as Hot, derive from a single ancestor named Keq Preka...

 and Koja

Koja

Koja may refer to:*Kathe Koja, an American writer*Koja, a subdistrict of North Jakarta*Koja e Kuçit, Albanian Catholic Tribe of Malsia e Madhe...

. The Malësor Albanians consider Tuzi as an important cultural and traditional center for their people. Although Tuzi is historically an Albanian town, it is also home to smaller ethnic groups, such as the Bosniaks (Muslims) and Montenegrins.

In 1911, for the first time since the era of George Kastrioti, the Albanian flag was risen on top of the Deçiq Mountain in Tuz during the Beteja e Deçiq (Battle of Deçiq). In the battle, Ded Gjo Luli

Ded Gjo Luli

Ded Gjo Luli formally known as Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj , was born in Traboin-Hoti . He hails from the tribe of Hot located in the region of Malësia...

 led the Albanians into victory against the Ottomans which marked the beginning of the turning point for Albanian liberty and eventually independence.

Geography

Tuzi is situated to the northwest of the Shkodër Lake 10 km from Podgorica, 150 km from Dubrovnik (Croatia) and 130 km to Tirana (Albanian Capital).

Tuzi is located in surrounded by forests and mountains that are further connected with the Prokletije. As in all cities in Montenegro, Tuzi has a health centre, elementary school "Mahmut Lekić" and high school "25 Maj". KIC 'TUZI', was built in 2004. In the last few years, Tuzi built a new elementary school and football stadium.

Subdivisions

Apart from Tuzi, the Urban Municipality of Tuzi contains the following villages.

• Arza / Arrëz
• Barlaj / Bardhaj
• Benkaj / Bënkaj
• Budza / Budëz
• Cijevna / Cem
• Delaj
• Dinoša / Dinoshë
• Donja Selišta / Selishtë
• Donji Milješ / Milesh i Ultë
• Dreshaj / Drešaj
• Drume
• Dušiće / Dushaj
• Gornja Selišta / Selishtë
• Gornji Milješ / Milesh i Epërm
• Gurec / Gurrec
• Helmnica / Helmnicë
• Koći / Kojë
• Kotrabudan / Kodërbudan
• Krševo / Kshevë
• Lovka / Llofkë
• Lekovic/ Lekaj
• Mužečka / Muzheçku
• Nabon / Nabom
• Podhum / Nënhelm
• Nikmaraš / Nikmarash
• Omerbožoviće / Omerbozhaj
• Pankal
• Pikalj / Pikalë
• Prifti / Priftën
• Kuće Rakića / Shtëpia e Rakiqëve
• Rudine / Rudinë
• Skorać / Skorraq
• Spinja / Spijë
• Stjepovo / Stjepoh
• Sukuruć / Sukruq
• Šipčanik / Shipçanik
• Trabo(j)in / Traboin
• Tuzi
• Vladne / Vllanë
• Vranj / Vranë
• Vuksanlekiće / Vuksanlekaj
• Zatrijebač

Tuzi is the center town of the Albanian tribal region of Malesija. Majority of Tuzi's residents are Albanian and were home to a few notable Albanian figures, such as Dede Gjon Luli, who led the Albanian revolt in Tuzi against the Ottomans in 1911.

There are carnivals that have brought Tuzi to some international carnival cities. There is an ethnographic museum band also many places and cultural valuables to be explored.

Politics

So far, the Capital City Law has passed that marks Tuzi and Golubovci

Golubovci

Golubovci is a small town in the Podgorica municipality of Montenegro. It is the seat of the Golubovci urban municipality, a subdivision of the Podgorica municipality. The town is located some 15 km south of the city of Podgorica, in the fertile Zeta valley...

 as urban municipalities - a municipality within municipality, where Tuzi and Golubovci would have their own city parliaments, but still would be under mayor of Podgorica.

Demographics

Tuzi has 3,900 residents, according to 2003 census, and the Urban Municipality itself has 9,950 residents. Out of this, most are Albanians, but there is also a significant percentage of Muslims Montenegrins, Bosniaks, and Orthodox Montenegrins. As a town centre, Tuzi has 3,900 inhabitants. The municipality of Tuzi has about 11,000 inhabitants. The majority of the population are Albanians (Roman Catholic and Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 religions).

• Albanians
  Albanians
  Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
  
   - 2,320
• Bosniaks
  Bosniaks
  The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
  
   - 584
• Muslims
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
   - 466
• Montenegrins - 293
• Roma - 62
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   - 22
• Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
   - 4
• Macedonians - 1
• Others - 10
• Undeclared/undefined - 65
• regional affiliation - 4
• unknown - 27
• Total - 3,789

Religious demographics

• 55% - Roman Catholic
• 42.5% - Muslim
  Muslim
  A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
  
  
• 2.5% - Eastern Orthodox