Central Asia
Central Asia is a rugged, arid region, historically coveted for its position between Europe and East Asia with the legendary Silk Route, rather than for its resources, although petroleum, natural gas, and mineral reserves have become more important in modern times.Tap on the map to travel |
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Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan is the largest of the states of the former Soviet Union apart from Russia, and it dwarfs the other countries of Central Asia and stretches into Eastern Europe.
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is the most populous country in Central Asia and is rich in history, culture, and diversity.Destinations
Turkmenistan
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Many of Turkmenistan's Central Asian cities were main points of trade on the Silk Road, linking Eastern and Western civilizations.
Tajikistan
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Tajikistan is a landlocked country on the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia.
Aral Sea
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The Aral Sea, what once was the fourth largest inland body of water in the world, and now more aptly dubbed Aralkum, is in Central Asia, divided between Northern Uzbekistan and Southern Kazakhstan.
Central Asia
- Type: region
- Description: subregion of the Asian continent
- Neighbors: East Asia and South Asia
- Category: cultural region
- Location: Asia
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Latitude of centre
45.4° or 45° 24' northLongitude of centre
67.6° or 67° 36' eastWikidata ID
Q27275Central Asia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Asia Teungöh
- Afrikaans: Sentraal-Asië
- Albanian: Azia Qendrore
- Amharic: መካከለኛ እስያ
- Arabic: Butnga nga Asya
- Arabic: آسيا الوسطى
- Aragonese: Asia Central
- Armenian: Կեդրոնական Ասիա
- Armenian: Կենտրոնական Ասիա
- Arpitan: Asia centrâla
- Asturian: Asia Central
- Avaric: Istefa Asia
- Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Asiya
- Bashkir: Үҙәк Азия
- Basque: Erdialdeko Asia
- Belarusian: Цэнтральная Азія
- Bengali: মধ্য এশিয়া
- Bhojpuri: सेंट्रल एशिया
- Bosnian: Srednja Azija
- Breton: Azia ar C'hreiz
- Bulgarian: Централна Азия
- Burmese: အလယ်အာရှ
- Catalan: Àsia Central
- Central Kurdish: ئاسیای ناوەندی
- Chechen: Йуккъера Ази
- Chinese: Tiong A-chiu
- Chinese: 中亚
- Chinese: 中亞
- Chuvash: Тĕп Ази
- Cornish: Asi Gres
- Crimean Tatar: Orta Asiya
- Croatian: Srednja Azija
- Czech: Střední Asie
- Danish: Centralasien
- Dimli (individual language): Asya Miyanêne
- Dutch: Centraal-Azië
- Esperanto: Centra Azio
- Estonian: Kesk-Aasia
- Finnish: Keski-Aasia
- French: Asie centrale
- Galician: Asia Central
- Georgian: ცენტრალური აზია
- German: Mittelasien
- German: Zentralasien
- Greek: Κεντρική Ασία
- Guarani: Mbyte Asia
- Guarani: Mbyte Ásia
- Hakka Chinese: Chûng-Â
- Hausa: Chûng-Â
- Hausa: Tsakiyar Asiya
- Hebrew: מרכז אסיה
- Hindi: मध्य एशिया
- Hungarian: Közép-Ázsia
- Icelandic: Mið-Asía
- Ido: Central Azia
- Iloko: Sentral nga Asia
- Iloko: Tengnga nga Asia
- Inari Sami: Koskâ-Aasia
- Indonesian: Asia Tengah
- Irish: Lár na hÁise
- Italian: Asia centrale
- Japanese: 中央アジア
- Javanese: Asia Tengah
- Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯ ಏಶಿಯಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Oraylıq Aziya
- Kazakh: Орталық Азия
- Khmer: អាស៊ីកណ្ដាល
- Kinaray-A: Asya Natung·an
- Kinaray-A: Natung·an nga Asya
- Kirghiz: Борбордук Азия
- Korean: 중앙아세아
- Korean: 중앙아시아
- Kotava: Istefa Asia
- Kurdish: Asyaya Navîn
- Ladino: Asya Sentrala
- Lao: Tengnga nga Asia
- Latin: Media Asia
- Latvian: Centrālāzija
- Lezghian: Юкьван Азия
- Limburgan: Centraal-Azië
- Lingala: Azía ya Katikáti
- Lingua Franca Nova: Asia sentral
- Literary Chinese: 中亞
- Lithuanian: Vidurinė Azija
- Lombard: Asia Centrala
- Lower Sorbian: Centralna Azija
- Luxembourgish: Zentralasien
- Macedonian: Средна Азија
- Maithili: मध्य एसिया
- Malagasy: Azia Afovoany
- Malay: Asia Tengah
- Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യേഷ്യ
- Marathi: मध्य आशिया
- Min Dong Chinese: Dṳ̆ng-ā
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiong-a
- Minangkabau: Asia Tangah
- Mingrelian: ცენტრალური აზია
- Mongolian: Дундад Ази
- Mongolian: Төв Ази
- Narom: Âsie du Mitan
- Nepali: मध्य एसिया
- Northern Frisian: Madelaasien
- Northern Sami: Gaska-Ásia
- Norwegian: Sentral-Asia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sentral-Asia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sentral-Asia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: det sentrale Asia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sentrale Asia
- Occitan (post 1500): Asia Centrala
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Middelasia
- Oriya: ମଧ୍ୟ ଏସିଆ
- Oromo: Giddu-galeessa Eeshiyaa
- Ossetian: Централон Ази
- Ossetian: Центрон Ази
- Panjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ
- Papiamento: Asia Sentral
- Persian: آسیای مرکزی
- Persian: آسیای میانه
- Polish: Azja Środkowa
- Portuguese: Ásia Central
- Pushto: منځنۍ آسيا
- Pushto: منځنۍ اسیا
- Romanian: Asia Centrală
- Russian: Средняя Азия
- Russian: Центральная Азия
- Rusyn: Середня Азия
- Rusyn: Середня Азія
- Samogitian: Vėdorė Azėjė
- Santali: ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ
- Sardinian: Ásia tzentrale
- Serbian: Средња Азија
- Serbian: Централна Азија
- Serbo-Croatian: Srednja Azija
- Sicilian: Asia cintrali
- Sindhi: سينٽرل ايشيا
- Sindhi: مرڪزي ايشيا
- Sindhi: وچ ايشيا
- Sindhi: وچواري ايشيا
- Sinhala: මධ්යම ආසියාව
- Skolt Sami: Kõskk-Aasia
- Slovak: Stredná Ázia
- Slovenian: Centralna Azija
- Slovenian: Notranja Azija
- Slovenian: Osrednja Azija
- Slovenian: Srednja Azija
- Somali: Aasiyada Dhexe
- South Azerbaijani: اورتا آسیا
- Spanish: Asia Central
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵣⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⵜ
- Sundanese: Asia Tengah
- Swahili: Asia ya Kati
- Swedish: Centralasien
- Tagalog: Gitnang Asya
- Tajik: Осиёи Марказӣ
- Tajik: Осиёи Миёна
- Tamil: நடு ஆசியா
- Tatar: Üzäk Asia
- Tatar: Үзәк Азия
- Telugu: మధ్య ఆసియా
- Thai: เอเชียกลาง
- Turkish: Orta Asya
- Turkmen: Merkezi Aziýa
- Uighur: ئوتتۇرا ئاسىيا
- Ukrainian: Центральна Азія
- Upper Sorbian: Centralna Azija
- Upper Sorbian: Srjedźna Azija
- Urdu: وسط ایشیا
- Uzbek: Markaziy Osiyo
- Uzbek: Oʻrta Osiyo
- Venetian: Àzia Sentrałe
- Vietnamese: Trung Á
- Vlaams: Centroal-Azië
- Walloon: Mîtrinne Azeye
- Waray (Philippines): Butnga nga Asya
- Welsh: Canolbarth Asia
- Western Armenian: Կեդրոնական Ասիա
- Western Frisian: Sintraal-Aazje
- Western Panjabi: وسطی ایشیا
- Western Panjabi: وچکارلا ایشیا
- Wolof: Diggu Asi
- Wu Chinese: 中亞
- Yakut: Киин Азия
- Yakut: Орто Азия
- Yoruba: Àrin Ásíà
- Yue Chinese: 中亞
- Asyaya Navendî
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Central Asia. Photo: Tokatosha, CC BY-SA 4.0.