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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, 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], 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], p. 9. European Security and Defence Assembly Assembly of WEU. 4 December 2008</ref>