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Jawa / Dsau ჯავა Дзау |
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| State : |
 Georgia
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| Region : |
Inner Kartlien (in fact South Ossetia )  |
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| Municipality : | Java | ||
| Founded : | 1398 | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 23 ' N , 43 ° 55' E | ||
| Height : | 1,040 m. ü. M. | ||
| Residents : | 1,500 | ||
| Time zone : | Moscow Time (UTC + 3) | ||
| Community type: | Urban-type settlement | ||
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Djawa ( Georgian ჯავა , Russian and Ossetian Дзау dsau ) is a city in the north of South Ossetia .
Dschawa has been an urban-type settlement since 1961 and forms the center of the Jawa municipality . It is the second largest town in South Ossetia after the administrative center of Tskhinvali . It is located 22 km north of Tskhinvali train station, 1100 m above sea level in the valley of the Great Liachwi .
The health resort with an average temperature of 13 ° C in January, 18 ° C in July and 750 mm of precipitation a year has a source of carbonated hydrocarbon and chlorosodium mineral water.
Jawa was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake on April 29, 1991.
| year | Residents |
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| 1959 | 856 |
| 1970 | 1886 |
| 1979 | 1502 |
| 1989 | 1524 |
Note : census data
Cities and Rajon administrative centers in South Ossetia