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Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [4] 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.
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
stan (Persian: ستان stân, [n 1] estân or istân [n 2]) has the meaning of "a place abounding in" [1] or "a place where anything abounds" as a suffix. [2] It is widely used by Iranian languages as well as the common Turkish languages (excluding Siberian Turkic ) and other languages.
The top 3 largest economies in Asia are China, Japan and India. China is the largest economy in Asia, comprising nearly half of the continent's gross domestic product. China (48.61%)
A 2022 study confirmed the genetic continuity between modern Indo-Iranian-speaking Central Asians and Iron Age populations in southern Central Asia. Iron Age Central Asians were descended from historical Indo-Iranians , who settled in the region at the end of the Bronze Age .
Holidays in the Danger Zone: Meet the Stans is a four-part travel documentary on Central Asia, part of the Holidays in the Danger Zone series, produced and broadcast by BBC Correspondent (now This World). Written and presented by Simon Reeve, It was first broadcast from 3–6 November 2003, on BBC Two, [1] and internationally during 2004 and 2005.
Stans Energy Produces Dysprosium, Terbium and Gadolinium Metals TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boris Aryev, Chief Operating Officer of Stans Energy Corp. (TSX-V: HRE, OTCQX: HREEF), ("Stans" or the ...
Asian countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2017. This is a list of Asian countries by GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity.All figures are given in international dollars and are the latest estimates from the International Monetary Fund. [1]