Junik

Junik

Junik / Juniku
Јуник
Junik Junik / Juniku; Јуник
Town
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	Location of the municipality of Junik within Kosovo
	Junik Location of Junik within Kosovo
	Coordinates: 42°28′34″N 20°16′39″E / 42.47611°N 20.27750°ECoordinates: 42°28′34″N 20°16′39″E / 42.47611°N 20.27750°E
Country	Kosovo
District	District of Gjakova
Municipality	Junik Municipality
Municipality	2008
Government
• Mayor	Agron Kuqi (AAK)
Elevation	517 m (1,696 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban	6,053
• Municipal	6,084
Time zone	UTC1
Postal code	50000
Area code(s)	+381 390
Website	kk.rks-gov.net/junik

Junik (Albanian: Junik, definite Albanian form: Juniku; Serbian: Јуник, romanized: Junik) is a town located in Junik Municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo.^[a] According to the 2011 census, the town of Junik has 6,053 inhabitants, while the municipality has 6,084 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 6,425 inhabitants.

It is located between Deçan and Gjakova along Kosovo's mountainous border with Albania. It is populated with ethnic Albanians. Junik is the hometown of several prominent people including former heavyweight European boxing champion Luan Krasniqi and poet Din Mehmeti.

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states are said to have recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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[status-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states are said to have recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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hide v t Municipalities of Kosovo¹
District of Ferizaj	Ferizaj (Uroševac) Elez Han (Đeneral Janković) Kaçanik Štimlje Štrpce
District of Gjakova	Deçan Gjakova Junik Orahovac
District of Gjilan	Gjilan Kamenica Klokot Parteš Ranilug Vitina
District of Mitrovica	Leposavić Mitrovica North Mitrovica Skenderaj (Srbica) Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan
District of Peja	Peja (Peć) Istok Klina
District of Pristina	Drenas Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosovë) Gračanica Obilić Lipljan Novo Brdo Podujevo Pristina
District of Prizren	Mališevo Mamuša Prizren Dragaš Suva Reka
¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states are said to have recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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