# Janja

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| official_name            = Janja
| native_name              = Јања
| image_skyline            = Janja centar.jpg
| image_size               = 300px
| subdivision_type         = [Country](/source/Country)
| subdivision_name         = [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/source/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina)
| settlement_type          = [Village](/source/List_of_populated_places_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina) ([Selo](/source/village))
| subdivision_type1        = Entity
| subdivision_name1        = [Republika Srpska](/source/Republika_Srpska)
| subdivision_type2        = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Republika_Srpska)
| subdivision_name2        = [Bijeljina](/source/Bijeljina)
| timezone                 = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset               = +1
| map_caption              = Bijeljina municipality (dark blue)
| timezone_DST             = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset_DST           = +2
| coordinates              = 
| image_map                = Bijeljina municipality.svg
| leader_title             = Municipality&nbsp;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](/source/town) in [Bijeljina](/source/Bijeljina), [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/source/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina). It is known as a place where the confluence of the rivers [Janja](/source/Janja_river) and [Drina](/source/Drina) is situated. It is the only [Bosniak](/source/Bosniaks) 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](/source/Bijeljina) in northeast Bosnia, located on the major road between Bijeljina and [Zvornik](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Bosniaks) - 6,495
*[Serbs](/source/Serbs) - 820
*[Montenegrins](/source/Montenegrins_(ethnic_group)) - 301
*[Croats](/source/Croats) - 210
*[Albanians](/source/Albanians) - 34
*[Macedonians](/source/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)) - 8
*[Slovenes](/source/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](/source/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==
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{{Subdivisions of Bijeljina Municipality}}

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Category:Janja
Category:Populated places in Bijeljina

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