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Turkestan (historical region) |
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| Lat: 39 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 71.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Historic region of Central Asia. The term "Turkistan" was used to indicate the general area populated by people of Turkic origin, although the region contained many peoples of non-Turkic origin. It inclded much of the present-day nations and regions of Mongolia, Xinjiang province of China, Tatarstan and parts of Siberia, Russia (Tatarstan and parts of Siberia), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and parts of Afghanistan. |
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