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Central Asia

Central Asia (pronunciation: /ˈsɛntrəl ˈeɪʒə/) is a region in Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Etymology

The term "Central Asia" is derived from the Latin words "centralis" meaning "central" and "Asia" which is named after the ancient Greek word "Ἀσία", first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BCE) in reference to Anatolia or to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt.

Related Terms

• Kazakhstan: A country in Central Asia, with its smaller part west of the Ural River in Eastern Europe.
• Kyrgyzstan: A landlocked country in Central Asia.
• Tajikistan: A landlocked country in Central Asia.
• Turkmenistan: A country in Central Asia bordered by the Caspian Sea and largely covered by the Karakum Desert.
• Uzbekistan: A country in Central Asia. It is surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south and Turkmenistan to the southwest.
• Caspian Sea: The world's largest inland body of water, it lies to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia.
• Mongolia: A landlocked country in East and Central Asia.
• Afghanistan: A landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.
• Iran: A country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq.
• Russia: The largest country in the world, it spans Eastern Europe and northern Asia, sharing land borders with sixteen countries.

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