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| native_name = ჯავა<br/>Дзау

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'''Java''' or '''Dzau''' ({{lang-ka|ჯავა}} {{IPA-|ka|dʒɑvɑdʒava||Java.ogg}}; {{lang-langx|os|Дзау}}, ''Dzaw''; {{lang-langx|ru|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 (country)|Georgia]] (inexcept by the [[SouthRussian OssetiaFederation]]<ref>{{ and [[international recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia-note}}</ref>|four other UN member states]]). According to Georgia's current official administrative division, Java is a main town of [[Java district, Georgia|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 River|Greater Liakhvi Gorge]], {{convert|1040|m|0|abbr=on}} 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.<ref>[http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UNTC/UNPAN019224.pdf GEORGIA: AVOIDING WAR IN SOUTH OSSETIA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630224302/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UNTC/UNPAN019224.pdf |date=2007-06-30 }}, p. 4. [[International Crisis Group]] Europe Report N°159. 26 November 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=19435 New Agreement in Force]. Civil Georgia. 8 September 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.assemblee-ueo.org/en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2008/2029.pdf?PHPSESSID=c5c9e0ec398a3f33f6ddef840036e19a European security after the war in Georgia]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, p. 9. European Security and Defence Assembly Assembly of WEU. 4 December 2008</ref>

The town played a major role in the [[2008 South OssetiaRusso-Georgian warWar]], with most of the [[Military of South Ossetia|South Ossetian military forces]] being located there<ref name="cast">[{{Cite web|url=http://www.cast.ru/eng/?id=328|title=Main The Russian Air Force didn't perform well during the conflict in South Ossetia]Page|website=cast.ru}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/detail.php?id=15884 Saakashvili Attacks Russia in UN Speech]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Civil Georgia''. September 26, 2007.</ref> After the war, Russia announced it was constructing military bases in Java and Tskhinvali, which would be ready in 2010.<ref>http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081119/118400373.html</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==See also==

* [[Shida Kartli]]

== References ==

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