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Tuzi (
Montenegrin/
Serbian Cyrillic: Тузи,
Albanian:
Tuz) 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.
Origin of Name
The origin of the name dates back to the settlement of an Albanian man named Llesh Tuzi in around the mid 1300's. Tuzi was named after this man to respect to his settleman in the area. It is said that Llesh hailed from the Gruda tribe. This town first started out as a small village just settled by the tribe of Gruda, now all the tribes of Malsia, respectively, stake their claim to its natural beauty.
Population
Tuzi has 3,789 residents, according to
2003 census, and the Urban Municipality itself has 8,752 residents. Out of this, most are ethnic Albanians, but there's also a percentage of Muslims, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, as well as a smaller percent of Romas and Serbs. As a town centre, Tuzi has 3,789 inhabitants. Tuzi is the main town for the Albanian region of
Malesia within Montenegro. Today, most Malësors moved from their original "Katunds" (villages) to Tuzi for a better living and higher education for their children.
The original Malësori people that inhabit the town are from surrounding
Hoti,
Trieshi,
Gruda, and
Koja tribes.
Demographics
History
The name
Tuzi was first mentioned in the writings of
Franciscan missioners in
1222, while as an urban centre it has existed for about 100 years. Tuzi was under
Ottoman rule as all the other neighbouring lands. It was incorporated in Montenegro by the provisions of
Congress of Berlin.
Many travelers wrote about this place, such as
Evliya Çelebi,
Edith Durham and others...
They were all amazed by the beauty of this place, the lake, the fields, the mountains, the river Cem as well as by the nobility of people.
Tuzi Today
Tuzi, the urban center of Malesia region a part of which belongs to Montenegro.
It is situated in the northwest of the Shkodër Lake 10km from Podgorica, 150km from Dubrovnik (Croatia) & 130km to Tirana (Albanian Capital).
Tuzi has a good geographic, economic & political position; it's only 40 minute drive from the Adriatic Sea. & the same distance from the snowy mountains in the north.
Tuzi is located in the field area of Malesia, surrounded by forests & mountains that are further connected with the Albanian Alps. Malesia has about 11,000 inhabitations, from which 6,000 live in Tuzi. Majority of the population are ethnic Albanians of religions (
Roman Catholic & Islam Like the all cities in Montenegro, in Tuzi exist Health Centre, Elementary School "Mahmut Lekic" and High School "25 Maj" . The main centre in the cultural life of Malesia region - QIK 'Malësia', built 2004. In the last few years, in Tuzi were built new building of Elementary School and football stadium.
Malesia has vast, valuable, cultural religious & ethnographic heritage. There are many societies that are cherishing & preserving cultural treasure. There are carnivals that have brought Tuzi to some international carnival cities, there's an ethnographic museum but there are also many places & cultural valuables to be explored.
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.
History
Tuzi is the site for the first Albanian uprising since the time of Gjergj Kastrioti -
Skenderbeg in 1443.
Ded Gjo Luli Dedvukaj was the leader of this uprising. He lead his Malësor brothers to victory against the Ottoman Turks in
1911, as a result freeing them against the powerful Muslim army. This famous victory for the Albanians sparked to other events that lead to the Independence of
Albania.
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