Sooth Ossetie

Sooth Ossetie (pronounced /ɒˈsɛtiə/ ^{(deprecatit template)} o-SET-ee-ə or /ɒˈsiːʃə/ o-SEE-shə; Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстон, Khussar Iryston; Georgie: სამხრეთ ოსეთი, Samxret Oseti; Roushie: Южная Осетия, Yuzhnaya Osetiya) or Tskhinvali Region (Georgie: ცხინვალის რეგიონი, Tsxinvalis regioni; Roushie: Цхинвальский регион, Tskhinvalskiy region) is a disputit region an partly recognizit state i the Sooth Caucasus, locatit i the territory o the Sooth Ossetie Autonomous Oblast athin the umwhile Georgie Soviet Socialist Republic. It has an officially statit population o juist over 56,500 fowk (2022), wha live i an area o 3,900 square kilometre (1,500 sq mi), o the sooth side o the Greater Caucasus mountain range, wi 33,000 livin i the capital tawn, Tskhinvali. Only Russie, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syrie recognise Sooth Ossetie as a sovereign state. Altho Georgie does na control Sooth Ossetia, the Georgian government an the United Nations consider the territory part o Georgia, whose constitution designates the area as "the former autonomous district o Sooth Ossetie", i reference to the Sooth Ossetian Autonomous Oblast disbandit i 1990.