- Kvaisa
Kvaisi or Kvaisa ( _os. Квайса, _ru. Кваи́си, Квайса) is an
urban-type settlement (promoted to the city by the South Ossetian government in2007 [ [http://cominf.org/2007/09/16/1166475496.html City status granted to the city of Kvaisa] , [http://cominf.org/english/ State Committee on the Information and Press of the Republic of South Ossetia] ru icon] ) in the Java district ofSouth Ossetia . According to the official subdivision of Georgia it is in the Oni district of theRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region of Georgia .City major - Chermen Gagiev.
Settlement is located on the river
Dzhedzhora (which is a tributary ofRioni river) on the slopes ifRacha mountain ridge, 60 km north-west ofTskhinvali and 20 km from Oni.Lead andzinc deposits are located near the city and in the Soviet times an ore mining and processing enterprise andhydroelectric power station worked in the region.References
External links
* [http://osetia.kvaisa.ru/news/ Official site of the city adminitration] ru icon
* [http://www.cominf.org/2008/04/11/1166476893.html RSO Government working group visited Kvaisa] , 11.04.2008
* [http://bse.sci-lib.com/article060272.html Kvaisi] in BSE, theBig Soviet Encyclopedia
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