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Central Asia (general region) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 46 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.4330 decimal degrees |
Long: 068 28 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 68.4660 decimal degrees |
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Note: Central region of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of modern western China in the east. It is bounded on the north by modern Russia and on the south by Iran, Afghanistan, and China. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. |
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Central Asia (preferred,C,O,English-P)
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Asie Centrale (C,O,French-P)
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Central Asian (C,V)
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מרכז אסיה (C,U,Hebrew )
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Ásia Central (C,U,Portuguese)
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Asia Central (C,U,Spanish)
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Asia centrale (C,U,Italian)
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Asie centrale (C,U,French)
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Zentralasien (C,U,German)
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Центральна Азія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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中央アジア (C,U,Japanese)
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Центральная Азия (C,U,Russian)
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آسيا الوسطى (C,U,Arabic)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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