Dzau District

{{Refimprove|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Dzau District | native_name = ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი<br>Дзауы район | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = District in South Ossetia | image_skyline = Village Edisa - სოფელი ედისა.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_alt = | image_caption = Edisa | image_flag = | flag_size = 120px | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_size = 75px | shield_alt = | image_map = Dzau in South Ossetia (semi-independence).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Dzau District in South Ossetia | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|42|27|23.96|N|43|52|56.11|E|region:GE-SK|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Georgia}} | subdivision_type1 = ''De facto'' state | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|South Ossetia}}{{refn|name=a|group=n|{{South Ossetia-note}}}} | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Java | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Head of administration | leader_name = Vladimir Kelekhsaev | leader_title2 = Votes in Parliament | leader_name2 = (of 69) | total_type = Total | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1448 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 6567 | population_as_of = 2015 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone1 = MSK | utc_offset1 = +03:00 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | registration_plate = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Dzau District'''<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bulatov|first1=Alexander S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3H-XDwAAQBAJ&q=Dzau+District+ossetia&pg=PA351|title=The Economy of Russia and Other Post-Soviet Countries|last2=Kvashnin|first2=Yury D.|last3=Mamedova|first3=Nina M.|date=2019-04-25|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-5275-3373-8|language=en}}</ref> ({{lang-ka|ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი}}, ''Javis municip’alit’et’i''; {{langx|os|Дзауы район}}, ''Dzawy rajon''; {{langx|ru|Дзауский район}}, ''Dzauskij rajon'') is a district in South Ossetia.{{refn|name=a|group=n}}

==Geography== 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.

== Demographics == As of 2015, the Dzau District had a population of 6,567.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic composition of Ossetia 2015 |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/rso-ethnic2015.htm |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref>

==International status== According to administrative division of Georgia, Dzau District is situated in the whole territory of Java Municipality, and part of Oni Municipality and Sachkhere Municipality of Georgia.

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