Janja
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Janjač ( ) is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Janja (Serbian Cyrillic: Јања) 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 .
Location
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 were rebuilt after the war.
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. 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.
Sport
FK Podrinje Janja
Gallery
File:Caffe bosna janja.jpg|Caffe Bosna File:Janja dzamija.JPG|Džedid Mosque File:Janja - Dzedid.jpg|Džedid Mosque File:Janja view.JPG|View of Janja from the mosque File:Crkva Sv Ilije u Janji (5).jpg|Church of St. Elijah
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