Central Asia
subregion of the Asian continent
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Summary
Central Asia is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,093 views/month, #12 of 1,289).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kazakhstan[3], Kyrgyzstan[4], Uzbekistan[5], Tajikistan[6], Turkmenistan[7], Afghanistan[8], People's Republic of China[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Instance of: cultural region[11]
- Shares border with: East Asia[12], South Asia[13], West Asia[14], North Asia[15]
- Part of: Asia[16]
- Commons category: Central Asia[17]
- Has part(s): Kazakhstan[18], Kyrgyzstan[19], Tajikistan[20], Turkmenistan[21], Uzbekistan[22]
- Coordinate location: 45.3, 63.9[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Central Asia[24]
- Population: 80,072,970[25]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Central Asia[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[29], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[30]
- Topic has template: Q25717403[31]
- Category for people born here: Q13335286[32]
- Different from: Azja Centralna (region fizycznogeograficzny)[33]
- History of topic: history of Central Asia[34]
- Number of out-of-school children: 1,272,059[35], 1,288,564[36], 1,334,384[37], 1,349,849[38], 1,431,305[39], 1,432,358[40], 1,468,862[41], 1,514,605[42], 1,520,518[43], 1,552,737[44], 1,557,341[45], 1,646,983[46], 1,647,770[47], 1,742,216[48]
- Studied by: Central Asian studies[49]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q134425567[50]
Why It Matters
Central Asia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]