All numbers presented here are based on estimates by the Municipal Government

General Information
The municipality of Junik is located in the south-western part of Kosovo between the municipalities of Deçan/Decane and Gjakovë/Dakovica. Since October 2008, Junik is a fully-fledged municipality, where between 1962 and 2005 it was divided between Deçan/Decane and Gjakovë/Dakovica. Junik is now composed of two cadastral zones, the town of Junik and the villages of Jasiq/Jasic and Gjocaj/Docaj which were heavily destroyed during the 1999 conflict and are mostly uninhabited. The total population of the municipality is estimated at 10.000 people, all Kosovo Albanian. Before the 1999 conflict, there was a more multi-ethnic composition, with about 700 Serbian inhabitants.

The main problem in the municipality, is the high rate of unemployment due to the lack of employment opportunities.

Important contact details
Website:  http://kk.rks-gov.net/junik

Demographics
The population of Junik is estimated 10.000 residents, practically all of them are Kosovo Albanians. Following the OSCE, there was a more multi-ethnic composition before the 1999 conflict,, with about 700 Serbian inhabitants.

Accurate population statistics are not available for Kosovo. The numbers presented here are approximate estimates by the Local Community Office, cross checked with OSCE Municipal Profiles and Civil Society. For more information on Statistics in Kosovo click here

Political representation
Agron Kuçi (AAK) was elected mayor in two rounds with 56,76 percent of votes. His party, the AAK is in a coalition with the PDK at the executive level. Since there are no other communities than the Albanian community, there is no political representation for other communities.

Safety and Freedom of Movement
There are no incidents reported concerning ethnically based threats, hostility, violence or discrimination, and residents feel free to travel around the municipality. The Kosovo Police Service is responsible for the security in the municipality, and receives a high rate of satisfaction from the community members.  

Education

The municipality offers primary and secondary education, only in Albanian. There are 2 primary  and 1 secondary school.

Returns*
Note* The municipality does not provide any information on the total number of returnees or the difficulties that hamper the return-process.

Economy
The main sources of employment in the municipality of Junik are the Main Center for Family Health Care, the schools, the municipality and private businesses. The residents of the municipality have trouble finding jobs, since there are barely employment opportunities.

Access to Health Care and other Public Services (Police/Administration/Public Companies/etc.)
There is one main Family Health Centre in Junik. According to the fact that municipality of Junik is mono-ethnic municipality, the citizens are talking to Albanian language, and receive documents in their language. There were no problems between the communications.