Junik

Junik
Junik / Juniku
Јуник
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Junik
Location of Junik within Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°28′34″N 20°16′39″E / 42.47611°N 20.27750°E / 42.47611; 20.27750Coordinates: 42°28′34″N 20°16′39″E / 42.47611°N 20.27750°E / 42.47611; 20.27750
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
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, Juniku; Serbian: Јуник Junik) is a town located Junik Municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]. According to the 2011 census, the town of Junik has 6,053 inhabitants, while the municipality has 6,084 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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  1. 1 2 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, but 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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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