Junik

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Junik / Juniku 1
Junik / Јуник 2
Junik coat of arms
Junik (Kosovo)
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Basic data
State : KosovoKosovo Kosovo 3
District : Gjakova
Municipality : Junik
Coordinates : 42 ° 29 ′  N , 20 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 28 ′ 34 "  N , 20 ° 16 ′ 39"  E
Area : 77.7  km²
Residents : 6,084
Population density : 78 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +383 (0) 028
Postal code : 50000
License plate : 03
1  Albanian (indefinite / definite form) ,
2  Serbian (Latin / Cyrillic spelling)
3  Kosovo's independence is controversial. Serbia continues to regard the country as a Serbian province.

Junik ( Albanian  also  Juniku , Serbian - Cyrillic Јуник ) is a small town in western Kosovo . Neighboring cities are Gjakova , Deçan and the Albanian Tropoja . Junik is one of seven municipalities in the country that were founded in 2008 and, in addition to the eponymous capital, also includes the two villages Jasiq and Gjocaj .

The community is almost exclusively inhabited by Albanians . According to a census carried out in 2011, 6053 people lived in Junik, of which 6038 (99.75%) described themselves as Albanians. 31 people live in Gjocaj (all of them Albanians) and Jasiq is uninhabited, which results in a population of 6084 for the community.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Junik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Popullsia e komunës së Junikut sipas vendbanimit, gjinisë dhe etnicitetit 2011. Statistics Agency of Kosovo, accessed on May 15, 2017 (Albanian).