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Central Asia

subregion of the Asian continent

AI overview

Central Asia is a region in the middle of the Asian continent that includes several countries located between other major powers. It matters because of its strategic location, natural resources, and role as a historical crossroads for trade and cultural exchange.

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Research

27,863 papers

Global Neurosurgical Challenges: A Focus on Central Asia.ReviewWorld neurosurgery · 2024Okon II, Akpan UU, Lucero-Prisno DE et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.05.067
Eastern Europe & Central Asia.ReviewGlobal heart · 2018DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.523
Revisiting epidemiology of leishmaniasis in central Asia: lessons learnt.ReviewParasitology · 2023Yurchenko V, Chistyakov DS, Akhmadishina LV et al.DOI: 10.1017/S0031182022001640
Central Asia: hotspot in the worldwide HIV epidemic.ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2010Thorne C, Ferencic N, Malyuta R et al.DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70118-3
Emerging arboviruses of clinical importance in Central Asia.ReviewThe Journal of general virology · 2018Atkinson B, Hewson RDOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001125
Health challenges in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.ReviewJournal of epidemiology and community health · 2016Adambekov S, Kaiyrlykyzy A, Igissinov N et al.DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206251
Reducing TB Among Central Asia Labor Migrants.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2017Babamuradov B, Trusov A, Sianozova M et al.DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0794
HBV Prevention and Treatment in Countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus.ReviewViruses · 2020Amerzhanov D, Suleimenova I, Davlidova S et al.DOI: 10.3390/v12101112

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Encyclopedic overview

Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and most of Kazakhstan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning 'land') in both respective native languages and most other languages. The region is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the southwest, European Russia to the northwest, China and Mongolia to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the south, and Siberia to the north. Together, the five Central Asian countries have a total population of around 76 million.

In the pre-Islamic and early Islamic eras (c. 1000 and earlier) Central Asia was inhabited predominantly by Iranian peoples, populated by Eastern Iranian-speaking Bactrians, Sogdians, Chorasmians, and the semi-nomadic Scythians and Dahae. As the result of Turkic migration, Central Asia also became the homeland for the Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Tatars, Turkmens, Uyghurs, and Uzbeks; Turkic languages largely replaced the Iranian languages spoken in the area, with the exception of Tajikistan and areas where Tajik is spoken.

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