It is located along a main road between the city of Podgorica and the Albanian border crossing, just a few kilometers north of Lake Skadar.

Tuzi was documented in the Ottoman defter of 1485 as part of the Timar of Hasan Arnauti, with 24 houses and 6 bachelors.

Albanian anthroponomy dominated amongst the inhabitants of Tuzi, with names such as Leka, Ulku, Deda, Nika, Pali etc.

Albanian surnames present among Muslim and Christian families alike include Gjokaj, Nikaj, Dreshaj, etc.

The phrase "Tash o vllazën do t’ju takojë të shihni atë që për 450 vjet se ka pa kush" (Now brothers you have earned the right to see that which has been unseen for 450 years) has been attributed to Ded Gjo Luli by later memoirs of those who were present when he raised the flag.

Their home venue is the Stadion Tuško Polje and their reserve team plays in the Montenegrin Third League.

The local basketball team is KB Deçiq which competes in the highest tier Prva A Liga.