Java (town)

Java ჯავა
Town
Java Location of Java in Georgia
Coordinates: 42°23′25.42″N 43°55′20.44″E / 42.3903944°N 43.9223444°E / 42.3903944; 43.9223444
Country	Georgia
Mkhare	Shida Kartli
Population
• Total	1,500
Time zone	Georgian Time (UTC+4)

Coordinates: 42°23′25.42″N 43°55′20.44″E / 42.3903944°N 43.9223444°E / 42.3903944; 43.9223444

Java (Georgian: ჯავა [dʒɑvɑ]; Ossetian: Дзау, Dzaw; Russian: Джава Dzhava) is a town of approximately 1,500 people in Georgia (in South Ossetia). 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.

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