Janja is a town in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is known as a place where the confluence of the rivers Janja and Drina is situated. It is the only Bosniak community in the municipality and consists of many displaced persons from other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Janja
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 Bijeljina municipality (dark blue) | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Bijeljina |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,333[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 55 |
| Website | Official website |
About Janja
editJanja is a small town near Bijeljina in northeast Bosnia, located on the major road between Bijeljina and Zvornik. Located in the center of Janja is the Atik Mosque. Janja has three mosques which have been rebuilt after the war.[citation needed]
History
editThere is no exact accurate source of when Janja was founded. From 1878 to 1961, Janja was municipality center. The 1991 census showed Janja had a population of 10,458. Part of Janja lies on the opposite side of the Drina River from the rest of the municipality.
Demographics
edit1971
editIn 1971 Janja had a population of 7,945.[2]
- Bosniaks - 6,495
- Serbs - 820
- Montenegrins - 301
- Croats - 210
- Albanians - 34
- Macedonians - 8
- Slovenes - 7
- Others - 80
According to the 2013 census, Janja had a population of 11,710.[3]
| Ethnic Group | 2013 |
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| Bosniaks | 8,532 (72.86%) |
| Serbs | 3,054 (26.08%) |
| Croats | 17 (0.15%) |
| Others | 107 (0.91%) |
Sport
editGallery
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Caffe Bosna
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Džedid Mosque
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Džedid Mosque
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View of Janja from the mosque
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Church of St. Elijah
References
edit- ^ Janja population size Archived 2014-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, rzs.rs.ba; accessed 4 December 2015.
- ^ "JaNjA-BiH.aT". www.janja-bih.at. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Popis 2013 u BiH". www.statistika.ba. Retrieved 2022-07-27.