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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Java

| native_name = Дзауჯავა

| native_name_lang = osegeo

| settlement_type = Town

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|pushpin_map = South OssetiaGeorgia (country)#Shida Kartli

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|map_caption = Location of Java in SouthGeorgia##Location Ossetiaof Java in [[Shida Kartli]]

|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

|subdivision_name = {{South OssetiaGEO}}, de facto: [[South Ossetia]]

|subdivision_type1 = [[Mkhare]] / de facto District

|subdivision_name1 = [[SouthShida OssetiaKartli]] / de facto [[Dzau District]]

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|timezone = MoscowGeorgian Time

|utc_offset = +34

|timezone_DST = <!-- No DST in Georgia since 19892005 -->

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|coordinates = {{coord|42|23|25|N|43|55|25|E|region:OseGE|display=inline,title}}

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'''Java''' ({{lang-ka|ჯავა}} {{IPA-ka|dʒɑvɑ||Java.ogg}}; {{lang-os|Дзау}}, ''Dzaw''; {{lang-ru|Джава}} ''Dzhava'') is a town of approximately 1,500 people in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (in [[South Ossetia]]<ref>{{South Ossetia-note}}</ref>). According to Georgia's current official administrative division, Java is a main town of [[Java district, South OssetiaGeorgia|Java district]] in the north of republic[[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 LiakhvaLiakhvi River|Greater LiakhvaLiakhvi 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>

Java is the second largest urban settlement in South Ossetia, after [[Tskhinval]].

The town played a major role in the [[2008 South Ossetia war]], with most of the [[Military of South Ossetia|South Ossetian military forces]] being located there<ref name="cast">{{Cite web|url=http://cast.ru/eng/?id=328|title=Main Page|website=cast.ru}}</ref> at the time of the Georgian offensive. During the [[Battle of TskhinvalTskhinvali]], 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 TskhinvalTskhinvali, which would be ready in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081119/118400373.html |title=Russia fully staffs bases in Abkhazia, S.Ossetia |date=19 November 2008 |website=en.rian.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501113517/http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081119/118400373.html |archive-date=1 May 2013}}</ref>

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