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ID: 8697475 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8697475			Record Type: administrative

Central Asia (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 26 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 46.4330 decimal degrees
Long: 068 28 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 68.4660 decimal degrees

Note: Central region of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of modern western China in the east. It is bounded on the north by modern Russia and on the south by Iran, Afghanistan, and China. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan.

Names:

Central Asia (preferred,C,O,English-P)

Asie Centrale (C,O,French-P)

Central Asian (C,V)

מרכז אסיה (C,U,Hebrew )

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Central Asia (general region) (P)

Place Types:

general region (preferred, C)
inhabited place (C)

Sources and Contributors:

מרכז אסיה..........	[IMJ]
....................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

Asie Centrale..........	[BHA, VP]
..........................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)

Central Asia..........	[BHA Preferred, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 358
.......................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
.......................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.......................	Times Atlas of World History (1988)
.......................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.......................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 233

Central Asian..........	[VP]
..........................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)

Subject: .....	[BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 358
..................	Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 10 December 2014
..................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 233


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 10 April 2006

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