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ID: 8697475
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8697475

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Central Asia (general region)  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

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.

Names:
Central Asia (preferred,C,O,English-P)
Asie Centrale (C,O,French-P)
Central Asian (C,V)
מרכז אסיה (C,U,Hebrew )
Ásia Central (C,U,Portuguese)
Asia Central (C,U,Spanish)
Asia centrale (C,U,Italian)
Asie centrale (C,U,French)
Zentralasien (C,U,German)
Центральна Азія (C,U,Ukrainian)
中央アジア (C,U,Japanese)
Центральная Азия (C,U,Russian)
آسيا الوسطى (C,U,Arabic)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Central Asia (general region)  ........  Central Asia (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
inhabited place (C)

Sources and Contributors:
מרכז אסיה..........  [IMJ]
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Центральна Азія..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
中央アジア..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Центральная Азия..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
آسيا الوسطى..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Ásia Central..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Asia Central..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Asia centrale..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Asie Centrale..........  [BHA, VP]
..........................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Asie centrale..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Central Asia..........  [BHA Preferred, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 358
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
.......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1988)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 233
Central Asian..........  [VP]
..........................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Zentralasien..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 358
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7729893
..................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 10 December 2014
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 233
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 10 April 2006

 

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