Central Asia

Summary

Central Asia is a region^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,452 views/month, #12 of 1,289).^[2]

Key Facts

• Central Asia is in the country of Kazakhstan^[3].
• Central Asia is in the country of Kyrgyzstan^[4].
• Central Asia is in the country of Uzbekistan^[5].
• Central Asia is in the country of Tajikistan^[6].
• Central Asia is in the country of Turkmenistan^[7].
• Central Asia is in the country of Afghanistan^[8].
• Central Asia's continent is recorded as Asia^[9].
• Central Asia's instance of is recorded as region^[10].
• Central Asia's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[11].
• Central Asia's shares border with is recorded as East Asia^[12].
• Central Asia's shares border with is recorded as South Asia^[13].
• Central Asia's shares border with is recorded as West Asia^[14].
• Central Asia's shares border with is recorded as North Asia^[15].
• Central Asia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315125460^[16].
• Central Asia's GND ID is recorded as 4079487-8^[17].
• Central Asia's locator map image is recorded as Central Asia borders.png^[18].
• Central Asia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85008625^[19].
• Central Asia's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00573918^[20].
• Central Asia's part of is recorded as Asia^[21].
• Central Asia's Commons category is recorded as Central Asia^[22].
• Central Asia's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D001209^[23].
• Central Asia's has part is recorded as Kazakhstan^[24].
• Central Asia's has part is recorded as Kyrgyzstan^[25].
• Central Asia's has part is recorded as Tajikistan^[26].
• Central Asia's has part is recorded as Turkmenistan^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Kazakhstan^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Kazakhstan^[29], founded in 1991^[30]; Kyrgyzstan^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Kyrgyzstan^[32], founded in 1991^[33]; Uzbekistan^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Uzbekistan^[35], founded in 1991^[36]; Tajikistan^[6], a sovereign state^[37], in Tajikistan^[38], founded in 1991^[39]; Turkmenistan^[7], a sovereign state^[40], in Turkmenistan^[41], founded in 1991^[42]; and Afghanistan^[8], a sovereign state^[43], in Afghanistan^[44], founded in 1709^[45]. Central Asia's continent is recorded as Asia^[9]. Its part of is recorded as Asia^[21].

Physical Characteristics

Central Asia's population is recorded as {'amount': '+80072970'}^[46].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region^[10] and cultural region^[11].

Why It Matters

Central Asia ranks in the top 0.93% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,452 views/month, #12 of 1,289).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47]