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3 days ago · Central Asia, central region of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of western China in the east. It is bounded on the north by 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. Geography
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · Kazakhstan, landlocked country of Central Asia. It is bounded on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, and on the south by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea, and Turkmenistan; the Caspian Sea bounds Kazakhstan to the southwest. Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world.
3 days ago · Uzbekistan, country in Central Asia lying mainly between the Syr Darya (Jaxartes) and Amu Darya (Oxus) rivers. Roughly corresponding to historical Transoxania, Uzbekistan and the city of Samarkand were once great centers of the Islamic world during the Timurid era.
17 hours ago · The Central Asia-China cooperation mechanism has brought valuable opportunities for human rights protection, livelihood and economic development in the region, said stated participants at the 2024 China-Central Asia Human Rights Development Forum which was held in Kazakhstan’s Astana on 28-29 May 2024. The forum themed “building a China-Central Asia community of shared future: a new […]
5 days ago · Central Asia, stretching from the Kazakh Steppe to Afghanistan and from the Caspian Sea to the Chinese border, was the last major territorial acquisition of the Russian Empire before it...
- Boris Egorov
4 days ago · Features | Diplomacy | Central Asia. Germany’s Zeitenwende: Turning Toward Central Asia? Bilateral contacts between Berlin and the region have intensified considerably since the Russian...
4 days ago · ALMATY, 27 May 2024 – Delegations from across the countries of Central Asia and international experts are convening in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to discuss pressing issues around sustainable water and land management, energy, food security and environmental sustainability in the context of climate change in the region.
