{{Other uses}} {{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | official_name = Janja | native_name = Јања | image_skyline = Janja centar.jpg | image_size = 300px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Bosnia and Herzegovina | settlement_type = Village (Selo) | subdivision_type1 = Entity | subdivision_name1 = Republika Srpska | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Bijeljina | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | map_caption = Bijeljina municipality (dark blue) | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = | image_map = Bijeljina municipality.svg | leader_title = Municipality President | population_total = 12,333<ref>[http://www2.rzs.rs.ba/static/uploads/bilteni/popis/PreliminarniRezultati_Popis2013.pdf Janja population size] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124074931/http://www2.rzs.rs.ba/static/uploads/bilteni/popis/PreliminarniRezultati_Popis2013.pdf |date=2014-01-24 }}, rzs.rs.ba; accessed 4 December 2015.</ref> | area_code = +387 55 | website = [http://www.janja-bih.at 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{{cn|date=March 2025}}.
==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.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JaNjA-BiH.aT |url=http://www.janja-bih.at/modules.php?name=etno |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.janja-bih.at}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Popis 2013 u BiH |url=http://www.statistika.ba/?show=12&id=20036 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.statistika.ba}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |+ !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== <gallery mode="packed-overlay"> 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 </gallery>
{{Commons category|Janja}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Subdivisions of Bijeljina Municipality}}
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Category:Janja Category:Populated places in Bijeljina
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