Central Asia: Quick Facts

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Nov. 13, 2026

News •

Uzbekistan proposes Central Asia climate plan at COP31 • Nov. 12, 2026, 10:32 AM ET (Euronews)

Central Asia's first wind-and-battery project nears completion • Nov. 10, 2026, 6:57 AM ET (Euronews)

ABB enters Uzbekistan, bringing Azerbaijan’s digital banking expertise to a new market in Asia • Nov. 5, 2026, 4:53 AM ET (Euronews)

Israel, Kazakhstan sign double taxation agreement after decades of negotiations • Nov. 3, 2026, 8:16 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

From 'gentle' and 'graceful' to the 'cane toad of the sky': How Australia turned on the common myna • Oct. 23, 2026, 10:10 AM ET (Phys.org)

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Central Asia in the Middle Ages

Map of central Asia created for the 1997 Britannica Book of the Year.

Central Asia's oil resererves and pipelines.

Thematic map of Europe, Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia highlighting major sedimentary basins in purple and marking the locations of major oil and gas fields, with triangles indicating supergiant and selected giant fields. The map shows regional seas, geographic features, and the distribution of hydrocarbon resources across northern Eurasia.

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