Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i ngā pakanga hōia i te tau 1991<unk>1992 me te 2008
, Kei te whakaaro a Georgia ki te rohe Autonomous Oblast o South Ossetia he rohe nohoia. Kāore tōna tūnga i tautuhia e Georgia, engari kei reira tētahi Whakahaere Wātea o Ossetia ki te Tonga e noho ana i te whakaraunga i Tbilisi. Ko te rohe i raro i te mana o Georgia i mua o te Pakanga Russo-Georgian o te tau 2008, i whakariteritehia ki nga taone e wha, e pupuri ana i to raatau mana "de jure". Ka wehea e te kawanatanga wehewehe o Ossetia ki te Tonga te rohe o te hinonga ki nga rohe e wha ("raion").