Java Municipality ( ka, ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Javis municip’alit’et’i'') is a municipality of
Georgia
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Places
Historical states and entities
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, in the region of
Shida Kartli
Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , Sh ...
.
International status
The entire municipality is located in the partly recognized
Republic of South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...
(
Dzau District
Dzau District ( ka, ჯავის რაიონი, ''Javis raioni''; os, Дзауы район, ''Dzawy rajon''; russian: Дзауский район, ''Dzauskij rajon'') is a district in South Ossetia.
Geography
Roki Tunnel, Mamison Pass, ...
of
South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...
) and has not been under control of Georgian government since 1992.
Transport
Roki Tunnel
The Roki Tunnel (also called Roksky Tunnel, ka, როკის გვირაბი; ; russian: Рокский туннель) is a mountain tunnel of the Transkam road through the Greater Caucasus Mountains, north of the village Upper Roka. I ...
, a strategic pass linking
South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...
with
Russia
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, is located in the municipality.
See also
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List of municipalities in Georgia (country)
A municipality ( ka, მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr) is a subdivision of Georgia (country), Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (Community (administrative division), community, თემი, ''temi''), wh ...
Municipalities of Shida Kartli
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