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Java ჯავა Дзау
Town
A Russian military base in Java in 2008
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Coordinates: 42°23′25″N 43°55′25″E / 42.39028°N 43.92361°E / 42.39028; 43.92361
Country	Georgia
De facto state	South Ossetia
Mkhare	Shida Kartli
District	Dzau
Elevation	1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Population
• Total	1,500
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5

Java or Dzau (Georgian: ჯავა [dʒava] ; Ossetian: Дзау, Dzaw; Russian: Джава Dzhava) is a town of approximately 1,500 people in the disputed de facto independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except by the Russian Federation and four other UN member states). According to Georgia's current official administrative division, Java is a main town of Java district in the north of Shida Kartli region. According to the South Ossetian side Dzau is an administrative center of Dzau district. The town is situated on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus, within the Greater Liakhvi Gorge, 1,040 m (3,412 ft) above sea level.

Java is the second largest urban settlement in South Ossetia, after Tskhinvali. It is located outside the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe-defined boundaries of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone – an area within a 15-km radius of Tskhinvali.

The town played a major role in the Russo-Georgian War, with most of the South Ossetian military forces being located there at the time of the Georgian offensive. During the Battle of Tskhinvali, the government of South Ossetia relocated to Java.

Georgia had accused the Russian military of building a large military base in Java before the war. These concerns were brought by the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, to the attention of the UN General Assembly on September 26, 2007. After the war, Russia announced it was constructing military bases in Java and Tskhinvali, which would be ready in 2010.

References

1. South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
2. GEORGIA: AVOIDING WAR IN SOUTH OSSETIA Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. International Crisis Group Europe Report N°159. 26 November 2004
3. New Agreement in Force. Civil Georgia. 8 September 2008
4. European security after the war in Georgia, p. 9. European Security and Defence Assembly Assembly of WEU. 4 December 2008
5. "Main Page". cast.ru.
6. Saakashvili Attacks Russia in UN Speech. Civil Georgia. September 26, 2007.

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Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	Zugdidi Abasha Jvari Khobi Martvili Poti Senaki Tsalenjikha Chkhorotsqu Mestia
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Kvemo Kartli	Rustavi Bolnisi Gardabani Dmanisi Tetritsqaro Marneuli Tsalka Bediani Kazreti Khramhesi Manglisi Tamarisi Trialeti
Shida Kartli	Gori Kaspi Kareli Tskhinvali Khashuri Agara Java Surami Kornisi
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Capital city	Tbilisi

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Towns	Java
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