International Youth Congress

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The International Youth Congress (Esperanto: Internacia Junulara Kongreso, IJK) is the largest annual meeting of young Esperantists in the world. The participants come from all over the world for one week, and they usually number around 300, although there has been a congress with more than 1000 attendees before. The congress takes place in a different country every year and is organized by the World Esperanto Youth Organization (Esperanto: Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, TEJO), the youth wing of the Universal Esperanto Association (Esperanto: Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA). Both the IJK and the World Esperanto Congress take place each summer, usually in consecutive weeks but rarely in the same country.

List of congresses[edit]

Map of countries that have hosted the International Youth Congress of Esperanto, 1938–2018.
Number Year City Country Number of registrees
(both attenders and non-attenders)
Number of
participants
79 2023 Lignano Sabbiadoro  Italy    
78 2022 Westelbeers  Netherlands    
77 2021 Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic    
76 2020 Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic[1]    
75 2019 Liptovský Hrádok[2]  Slovakia 291 231
74 2018 Badajoz[3]  Spain 306 273
73 2017 Aného[4]  Togo 136 110
72 2016 Wrocław  Poland 264
71 2015 Wiesbaden  Germany 291
70 2014 Fortaleza  Brazil 156 150
69 2013 Nazareth  Israel 98[5] 80
68 2012 Hanoi  Vietnam 142[6] 145[7]
67 2011 Kyiv  Ukraine 320[8] 311[9]
66 2010 Santa Cruz del Norte  Cuba ~133[10] 181
65 2009 Liberec  Czech Republic 472 343
64 2008 Szombathely  Hungary 485 365
63 2007 Hanoi  Vietnam 175+ 145
62 2006 Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 379
61 2005 Zakopane  Poland 478
60 2004 Kovrov  Russia 385[11] 355
59 2003 Lesjöfors  Sweden 330
58 2002 Pato Branco  Brazil 100
57 2001 Strasbourg  France   406
56 2000 Hong Kong  China   200
55 1999 Veszprém  Hungary 500
54 1998 Rijeka  Croatia 378
53 1997 Assisi  Italy 470
52 1996 Güntersberge  Germany 360
51 1995 Serovo, near Saint Petersburg  Russia 350+ 303
50 1994 Cheonan  South Korea 241
49 1993 Vratsa  Bulgaria 173
48 1992 Montreal  Canada 104
47 1991 Karlskoga  Sweden 189
46 1990 Playa Giron  Cuba 153
45 1989 Kerkrade  Netherlands 525
44 1988 Zagreb  Yugoslavia 769
43 1987 Kraków  Poland 1034
42 1986 Neurim (נעורים)  Israel 106
41 1985 Eringerfeld  Germany 425
40 1984 Swanwick  United Kingdom 293
39 1983 Debrecen  Hungary 672
38 1982 Leuven  Belgium 315
37 1981 Oaxtepec  Mexico 108
36 1980 Raumo  Finland 332
35 1979 Austerlitz  Netherlands 388
34 1978 Veliko Tarnovo  Bulgaria 450
33 1977 Poitiers  France 325
32 1976 Thessaloniki  Greece 350
31 1975 Fredericia  Denmark 265
30 1974 Münster  Germany 250
29 1973 Sarajevo  Yugoslavia 282
28 1972 Toruń  Poland 250
27 1971 Edinburgh  United Kingdom 150
26 1970 Graz  Austria 200
25 1969 Tyresö  Sweden 120
24 1968 Tarragona  Spain 130
23 1967 Rotterdam  Netherlands 90
22 1966 Pécs  Hungary 900
21 1965 Ōtsu  Japan 250
20 1964 Amsterdam  Netherlands 200
19 1963 Vratsa  Bulgaria 550
18 1962 Ystad  Sweden 70
17 1961 Wokingham  United Kingdom 116
16 1960 Rotterdam  Netherlands 105
15 1959 Gdańsk  Poland 300
14 1958 Hamburg  Germany 126
13 1957 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon  France 30
12 1956 Büsum  Germany 173
11 1955 L'Aquila  Italy 350 250
10 1954 Hilversum  Netherlands 90
9 1953 Wörgl  Austria 80
8 1952 Ry  Denmark 108
7 1951 Haarlem  Netherlands 280
6 1950 Konstanz  Germany 420
5 1949 Versailles  France 200
4 1948 Groet  Netherlands 285
3 1947 Ipswich  United Kingdom 200
2 1939 Tervuren  Belgium 400 350
1 1938 Groet  Netherlands 304+ 203

Statistics[edit]

Countries[edit]

Countries by number of times as host:

Times hosted Country Years hosted
9  Netherlands 1938, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1989
7  Germany 1950, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1985, 1996, 2015
5  Poland 1959, 1972, 1987, 2005, 2016
4  United Kingdom 1947, 1961, 1971, 1984
 France 1949, 1957, 1977, 2001
 Sweden 1962, 1969, 1991, 2003
 Hungary 1966, 1983, 1999, 2008
3  Bulgaria 1963, 1978, 1993
2  Belgium 1939, 1982
 Denmark 1952, 1975
 Austria 1953, 1970
 Italy 1955, 1997
 Spain 1968, 2018
 Yugoslavia 1973, 1988
 Israel 1986, 2013
 Cuba 1990, 2010
 Russia 1995, 2004
 Brazil 2002, 2014
 Vietnam 2007, 2012
1  Japan 1965
 Greece 1976
 Finland 1980
 Mexico 1981
 Canada 1992
 South Korea 1994
 Croatia 1998
 Hong Kong 2000
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
 Czech Republic 2009
 Ukraine 2011
 Togo 2017

Continents[edit]

Of the 74 congresses that have happened so far,[a] 60 were hosted in Europe, 7 in Asia, 4 in North America, 2 in South America, 1 in Africa and none in Oceania.

Cities[edit]

Five cities have hosted the event twice:

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This excludes future congresses.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IJK 2020 okazos nur en la reto". 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ "TEJO kun nova prezidanto kongresos en Slovakio". 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "La 74-a IJK - Internacia Junulara Kongreso de TEJO okazos en Badajoz, Hispanio". 22 May 2017.
  4. ^ "IJK 2017 en Togolando! Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo". Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. ^ IJK 2013 : Aligxintoj Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "List of registered participants at the IJK 2012 website". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  7. ^ IJK-2012 denove en Vjetnamio
  8. ^ "List of registrees". 67th IJK webpage. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  9. ^ "Number of participants by country". 67th IJK webpage. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  10. ^ 133 is the number of people who filled in the online signing-up form
  11. ^ "tejo.org: Internacia Junulara Kongreso (IJK-2004)". Archived from the original on 2004-10-23.

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