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Most of the territory of the oblast was de facto independent from Georgia since it declared independence as the Republic of
South Ossetia in 1991,
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South Ossetian officials initially claimed 1492
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South Ossetia is inhabited mostly by ethnic
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... It prefers to call
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... A decisive referendum result has done nothing to resolve the small Caucasian statelet's future, reports Shaun Walker.
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South Ossetia
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It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Republic of South Ossetia and Provisional Administration of South Ossetia, accessible from a disambiguation page. (Discuss)
This article is related to a current event: 2008 South Ossetia War.
Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
Хуссар Ирыстон / Khussar Iryston (Ossetic)
სამხრეთი ოსეთი / Samkhreti Oseti (Georgian)
Южная Осетия / Yuzhnaya Osetiya (Russian)
South Ossetia
Areas claimed to be controlled by the Georgian government are colored grey
Area
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Total
3,900 km²
1,506 sq mi
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Water (%)
negligible
Population
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2000 estimate
70,000 (In 2008, thousands fled to North Ossetia as refugees)
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Density
18/km²
46.6/sq mi
Time zone
(UTC+3)
Former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast is grey. It is officialy divided by Georgian authorities between different administrative units.
Map of South Ossetia
South Ossetia (Ossetic: Хуссар Ирыстон, Khussar Iryston; Georgian: სამხრეთი ოსეთი, Samkhreti Oseti; Russian: Южная Осетия, Yuzhnaya Osetiya) is a region in the South Caucasus, formerly the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. A part of it has been de facto independent from Georgia since it declared independence as the Republic of South Ossetia early in the 1990s during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. The capital of the region is Tskhinvali.
The independence has not been diplomatically recognized by any member of the United Nations – which continues to regard South Ossetia as part of Georgia. Georgia has retained control over parts of the region's eastern and southern districts where it created, in April 2007, a Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia[1][2][3][4] headed by ethnic Ossetians (former members of the separatist government) which would negotiate with central Georgian authorities regarding its final status and conflict resolution.[5]
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