Tuzi

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Tuzi
Тузи
Country: Montenegro
Subdivision: Podgorica municipality
Location: 42°21′56″N, 19°19′53″E
Population: 3,789
Area code: 081
Postal code: 81206
License plates: PG
Tuzi, Montenegro
Tuzi, Montenegro

Tuzi (Serbian 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 42°21′56″N, 19°19′53″E. It a centre of Tuzi urban municipality, a subdivision of Podgorica municipality.

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Tuzi has 3,789 residents, according to 2003 census. Out of this, most are Ethnic Albanians, but there is also a percentage of Bosniaks, 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.

The original Malësori people that inhabit the town are from surrounding Hoti, Trieshi, Gruda, and Koja tribes.

Other Malësia villages that surround Tuzi are: Dinosha (Dinoša), Mileshi (Milješ), Vuksanlekaj (Vuksanlekići), Sukruqi (Sukrući), Vranë, Lekaj (Lekići) and Nënhelim, all which are Albanian populated.

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.

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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