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Central Asia countries political map
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Central Asia in its narrow and broad definition
Central Asia (too Central Asia) - the name used to describe the highland and mountain area of central Asia, located more than 1000 km from the open sea.
Countries:
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Turkmenistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Afghanistan (sometimes counted)
- China (sometimes the western part is included)
- Mongolia (sometimes counted)
- Pakistan (sometimes its northern part is included in Central Asia)
- India (as above)
- Iran (sometimes includes the Northeast fragment)
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