Janja

For other uses, see Janja (disambiguation).

Janja Јања
Village (Selo)
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

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.

About Janja

Janja 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

There 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

1971

In 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
Bosniaks	8,532 (72.86%)
Serbs	3,054 (26.08%)
Croats	17 (0.15%)
Others	107 (0.91%)

Sport

• FK Podrinje Janja

Gallery

• 
  Caffe Bosna
• 
  Džedid Mosque
• 
  Džedid Mosque
• 
  View of Janja from the mosque
• 
  Church of St. Elijah

References

1. Janja population size Archived 2014-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, rzs.rs.ba; accessed 4 December 2015.
2. "JaNjA-BiH.aT". www.janja-bih.at. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
3. "Popis 2013 u BiH". www.statistika.ba. Retrieved 2022-07-27.

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