Janja

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Janja ( Serbian Cyrillic Jaњa ) is a settlement in the lower Podrinje and belongs to the municipality of Bijeljina.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 5.1 Education and training
  • 5.2 Health System
  • 5.3 Media
  • 5.4 traffic
  • 6.1 FK Podrinje Janja

Geography

Geographical Location

The village belongs to the municipality of Bijeljina and is 11 km from the town of the same name in the south. By Janja river of the same Janja, which flows at 2 km from the center of the settlement in the river Drina flows. The whole region is summarized under the term Semberija and has large levels. The area comprises 189 km ². After the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s was part of the area, about 4.5 km ², Janjas to Serbia since the Drina forms a natural border and this part is located on the right bank of the river.

Districts

Brzava, Ciganluk, Delić mahala, Dugo Polje, Durgutović mahala, Džafić mahala, MADIC mahala, Polutine, Šarampov, Šehić mahala, Smajić mahala, Varos, Gornja mahala, Preljev, Carsija, Basceluci,

Population

Population Development

Population in the settlement of Janja, according to census of 1971:

  • Total 1971: 7,945
  • Muslims in the sense of the nation: 7,495 ( 94.33 %)
  • Croats: 10 (0.12 %)
  • Serbs: 320 ( 4.02% )
  • Yugoslavs: 40 ( 0.50% )
  • Other: 80 ( 1.00% )

Population in the settlement, according to 1981 census Janja:

  • Total in 1981: 9,226
  • Muslims in the sense of the nation: 8,451 ( 91.59 %)
  • Croats: 3 ( 0.03%)
  • Serbs: 143 (1.54 %)
  • Yugoslavs: 502 ( 5.44% )
  • Other: 127 (1.37 %)

Population in the settlement of Janja, according to 1991 census:

  • 1991 Total: 10,458
  • Muslims in the sense of the nation: 9,871 ( 94.38 %)
  • Croats: 17 (0.16 %)
  • Serbs: 221 ( 2.11% )
  • Yugoslavs: 182 (1.74 %)
  • Other: 167 (1.59 %)

History

Up to the present, the region has been little explored. Thus, it can not say exactly when the levels of the settlement Janja were settled. The oldest records testify that by the early 18th century Janja is mentioned. At this time it was known as a place with significant commercial enterprise and a population of about 4,000.

At the time of the Ottomans had the status of a kasaba, a settlement urban character. Then it was converted into a ajnaluk nahija and later in a. From 1867 to 1878 Janja was a mudirat, a so-called branch and to the Ottoman period, above the rank of a community. Since the occupation of Bosnia by Austria - Hungary in 1878 to 1961 Janja was an independent municipality with an area of 189 km ² and was then united with the municipality of Bijeljina.

During the Bosnian war, Janja was one of the first targets of the Yugoslav invasion and lived through such a large part of Eastern Bosnia ethnic cleansing against the non-Serb population. So left thousands, mostly Muslims, Janja and live scattered over 55 states. A large proportion of IDPs is slowly returned to the year 2000.

The exact consequences of ethnic cleansing, the census will give a more accurate idea in Bosnia - Herzegovina in 2013.

Economy

Even at the time of Yugoslavia Janja was known for fertile fields and a major industrial center. Agriculture was through the history as the most important economic factor with a cultivated area of ​​14,000 hectares. In the fields, corn and various vegetables were grown. Janja is like the entire Semberija region for the cultivation of cabbage known. The inhabitants are therefore affectionately called kupusari.

In addition to the fertile earth has the area to Janja still on hydropower and the gravel from the river Drina as the only natural raw materials.

Infrastructure

Education and training

Janja has a primary school.

Health system

The village has a health center (Dom zdravlja ) and is used for emergency treatment. All serious injuries and illnesses requiring admission to the health center and hospital in Bijeljina.

Media

In Janja the radio station FM Studio Janja is home to 104.2 MHZ.

Traffic

Janja is on the road Bijeljina Sepak - Zvornik and belongs to a drive-through town especially for buses.

In summer 2012, a ferry for small vehicles and agricultural machinery on the Drina as a link between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia was installed in Janja. So it is possible to go directly from Janja over to Serbia than in the past.

Every day several direct buses between Janja and Bijeljina. In addition, can be found in the center of the settlement, the so-called Čaršija, permanent taxi service which, among other things to Bijeljina. International operate two bus routes that connect Vienna with Janja: Semberija Trans and Viena Tours.

Sports

Since the year 1919 will be played in Janja football. In Janja three football clubs are located: FK Podrinje Janja, OFK Janja 2009 and FK Miloš Obilić.

FK Podrinje Janja

The club was founded in 1919 and plays in the first league of Republika Srpska. In total state context of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the club is second-rate. In the 96 years of the club brought out several big names of Yugoslav football. So played, among others, Savo Milošević, who was among other things the jersey of FK Partizan Belgrade, Aston Villa, Real Zaragoza, Parma FC and Celta de Vigo; the brothers Husref and Vahidin Musemić which created a sensation once in the golden era of FK Sarajevo nationally and internationally, at FK Podrinje Janja or started in the youth of the club and developed into well-known football players.

Gallery

The Atik Mosque in the center of Janja

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