Tuzi
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| Tuzi Тузи |
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| Country: | Montenegro | |
| Subdivision: | Podgorica municipality | |
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| Population: | 3,789 | |
| Area code: | 081 | |
| Postal code: | 81206 | |
| License plates: | PG | |
Tuzi (Serbian/Montenegrin Cyrillic: Тузи) is a town in the Podgorica municipality, Montenegro, located on a road between Podgorica and Albanian border, just a few kilometers north of Lake Skadar. The exact location of Tuzi is . It a centre of Tuzi urban municipality, a subdivision of Podgorica municipality.
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[edit] Population
Tuzi has 3,789 residents, according to 2003 census. Out of this, many are Ethnic Albanians, but there is also a significant number of Bosniaks (Montenegrin Muslims), as well as some Romas and Montenegrins. Tuzi is the main town for the Albanian region of Malësia within Montenegro. Today, most Malësor moved from their original "Katunds" (Villages) to Tuzi for a better living and higher education for their children.
[edit] Politics
Albanians in Tuzi made several initiatives to form Tuzi as a separate municipality within Montenegro, but with moderate success. So far, the Capital City Law is passed that marks Tuzi and Golubovci 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.
[edit] History
Tuzi is the site for the first Albanian uprising since the time of Gjergj Kastrioti - Skenderbeg in the mid-1400's. Ded Gjo Luli Dedvukaj was the leader of this uprising. He lead his Malësor brothers to victory against the Ottoman Turks in 1911, in result freeing them against the powerful Muslim army.
