Dzau district

Java district
District of South Ossetia
Location of Java District in South Ossetia
Coordinates: 42°27′23.96″N 43°52′56.11″E / 42.4566556°N 43.8822528°ECoordinates: 42°27′23.96″N 43°52′56.11″E / 42.4566556°N 43.8822528°E
Country	Georgia
De facto state	South Ossetia[1]
Capital	Java
Government
• Head of administration	Ruslan Bagaev
• Votes in Parliament	(of 69)
Area
• Total	1,448 km^2 (559 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,000
• Density	6.9/km^2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+3)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+4)

Java district (Georgian: ჯავის რაიონი, Javis raioni; Ossetian: Дзауы район, Dzauy rajon; Russian: Дзауский район, Dzauskij rajon) is a district in South Ossetia.^[1] According to administrative division of Georgia, Java district is situated in the whole territory of Java municipality, and part of Oni municipality and Sachkhere municipality of Georgia.

Roki tunnel, Mamison Pass, Transcaucasian Highway, Ossetian Military Road and the lake Ertso are located in the district.

The largest town is Java, the second largest town is Kvaisa located in the western part of the district.

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.