Junik
Juniku is a municipality and small town in western Kosovo, located in the Gjakova region. It lies in the western part of Kosovo. According to the 2024 census, Junik has 3,943 inhabitants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lumshoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Botushë and Slup.
Botushë
Village
Botushë is a village in the municipality of Gjakova, District of Gjakova, southwest Kosovo. It is located near the border with Albania and is part of both the Highlands of Gjakova and Reka e Keqe. It is inhabited exclusively by Albanians. Botushë is situated 3 km southwest of Junik.
Slup
Village
Slup is a village in the Deçan Municipality, District of Gjakova, Kosovo. Slup is situated 3½ km north of Junik.
Koshare
Village
Koshare is a village in the District of Gjakova, Kosovo. It is located within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands. Koshare is situated 4 km southwest of Junik.
Junik
- Type: Village with 6,360 residents
- Description: town in Kosovo
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Komuna e Junikut, Gjakova District, Kosovo, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.47612° or 42° 28′ 34″ northLongitude
20.27737° or 20° 16′ 39″ eastPopulation
6,360Elevation
553 metres (1,814 feet)Open location code
8GJ2F7GG+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2239429768OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
789739Wikidata ID
Q1713519
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Junik” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Junik”
- Albanian: “Juniku”
- Albanian: “Komuna e Junikut”
- Arabic: “يونيك”
- Cebuano: “Junik”
- Chinese: “尤尼克”
- Croatian: “Junik”
- Czech: “Junik”
- Dutch: “Junik”
- Dutch: “Juniku”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يونيك”
- Finnish: “Junik”
- French: “Junik”
- German: “Junik”
- Indonesian: “Junik”
- Irish: “Junik”
- Japanese: “ユニク”
- Lithuanian: “Junikas”
- Macedonian: “Јуник”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Junik”
- Polish: “Junik”
- Russian: “Юник”
- Serbian: “Junik”
- Serbian: “Јуник”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Junik”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Juniku”
- Swedish: “Junik”
- Turkish: “Yunik”
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