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Central Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2943 words) |
 | Central Asia is an extremely large region of varied geography, including high plateaus and mountains (Tian Shan), vast deserts (Kara Kum, Kyzyl Kum, Taklamakan), and especially treeless, grassy steppes. |
 | Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922 with the Turkestan ASSR and the Kyrgyz ASSR (present-day Kazakhstan). |
 | Uzbek and Uighur are spoken in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Xinjiang. |
| Central Asian Republics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (103 words) |
 | The Central Asian Republics located on a world map. |
 | The Central Asian Republics are five countries located in Central Asia that were former republics of the Soviet Union. |
 | The Central Asian Republics are sometimes referred to as Central Asia, although others prefer this term to be reserved for a larger geographic region within Asia rather than a designation given to specific Soviet republics. |