Bohoniki

Bohoniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokółka, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.

Demographics

Bohoniki was primarily a Lipka Tatar settlement. According to the Polish census|1921 census], the village had a population of 208, of which 99.5% declared Polish nationality, 84.1% were Roman Catholic and 12.5% Muslim by confession. Today, still a few families in the village are Tatars and practicing Muslims. Although residents don't speak their native Tatar language, they have close ties to Lipka Tatar and Islamic traditions.

Sights

Sites of interest in the village include a 19th-century wooden mosque and a Muslim cemetery, both named List of [Historical Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monuments of Poland], as designated November 20, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.