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Central Asia or Middle Asia is the core ___MASK23___ of the Asian ___MASK69___ and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north . It is also colloquially referred to as " the ' stans " ( as the six countries generally considered to be within the ___MASK23___ all have names ending with the Persian suffix "- stan ", meaning " land of ") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian ___MASK69___ . A ___MASK90___ is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area , usually in the form of a peak . A ___MASK90___ is generally steeper than a hill . Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism . These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth . Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers , weather conditions , and glaciers . A few mountains are isolated summits , but most occur in huge ___MASK90___ ranges . Afghanistan ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic ___MASK65___ of Afghanistan , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population of approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd most populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and China in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . China , officially the ___MASK48___ ' s ___MASK65___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK97___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Khazret Sultan ( in Uzbek Hazrati Sulton choqqisi ) is a ___MASK90___ and the highest point of Uzbekistan , with an elevation of 4 , 643 metres ( 15 , 233 ft ). It is located on the border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan , in Surkhandarya Province , in the Uzbek part of the Gissar Range . This ___MASK90___ was formerly known as " Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party ". Mount Beshtor ( Russian :   , also  -  ) rises to 4 , 299 m in Pskem ___MASK34___ in the north - eastern tip of Uzbekistan ' s Tashkent ___MASK51___ . Located on the southern border with Kyrgyzstan , a short distance to the south - west from another towering peak in Pskem ___MASK34___ , Mount Adelung ( Adelunga Toghi , 4 , 301 m ) . Beshtor is the second highest peak in both Tashkent ___MASK51___ and the Pskem ___MASK34___ . Kazakhstan ( " Qazaqstan ", " Kazakhstan "), officially the ___MASK65___ of Kazakhstan (" Qazaqstan Respwblïkas " " Respublika Kazakhstan "), is a ___MASK15___ in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe . Kazakhstan is the world ' s largest landlocked country , and the ninth largest in the world , with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically , generating 60 % of the region ' s GDP , primarily through its oil / gas industry . It also has vast mineral resources . Gissar ___MASK34___ ( also known as Hissar or Hisor ___MASK34___ ) is a ___MASK90___ range in Central Asia , in the western part of the Pamir - Alay system , stretching over 200 km in the general east - west direction across the territory of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan . Geography . The Gissar ___MASK34___ lies south of the Zeravshan ___MASK34___ , extending north of Dushanbe through Tajikistan ' s Gissar District of the Districts of Republican Subordination and reaching Uzbekistan at the north tip of Surkhandarya Province . The highest point in the Gissar ___MASK34___ at is located in Uzbekistan on the border with Tajikistan , just north - west of Dushanbe . Formerly known as " Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party ", the Khazret Sultan is also the highest point in all Uzbekistan . The Gissar ___MASK34___ is composed of crystalline rocks , schist , and sandstone , punctured by granite intrusions . Bishkek ( and ] respectively ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze , is the ___MASK14___ and largest city of the Kyrgyz Republic . Bishkek is also the administrative center of the Chuy Region . The province surrounds the city , although the city itself is not part of the province , but rather a province - level unit of Kyrgyzstan . Tajikistan (, or ), officially the ___MASK65___ of Tajikistan (" Çumhuriji Toçikiston "), is a mountainous , landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated 8 million people in 2013 , and an area of . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south , Uzbekistan to the west , Kyrgyzstan to the north , and China to the east . Pakistan lies to the south , separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor . Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present - ___MASK79___ Tajikistan , Afghanistan and Uzbekistan . Turkmenistan ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a ___MASK95___ in Central Asia , bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest , Uzbekistan to the north and east , Afghanistan to the southeast , ___MASK44___ to the south and southwest , and the Caspian ___MASK50___ to the west . The Kazakhs ( also spelled Kazaks , Qazaqs , , ; the ___MASK89___ is transliterated from Russian ) are a Turkic ___MASK48___ who mainly inhabit the southern part of Eastern Europe Ural mountains and northern parts of Central Asia ( largely Kazakhstan , but also found in parts of Uzbekistan , China , Russia and Mongolia ), the region also known as Eurasian sub - ___MASK69___ . Kazakh identity is of medieval origin and was strongly shaped by the foundation of the Kazakh Khanate between 1456 and 1465 , when several tribes under the rule of the sultans Zhanibek and Kerey departed from the Khanate of Abu ' l - Khayr Khan . An autonomous ___MASK65___ is a type of administrative division similar to a ___MASK51___ or state . A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union , but the majority are located within Russia . Many of these republics were established during the Soviet period as Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics , or ASSRs . Mount Adelung is the highest peak in Pskem ___MASK34___ in the extreme north - east of the Tashkent ___MASK51___ , Uzbekistan . Mount Adelung is the highest point of Tashkent ___MASK51___ at 4 , 301 meters , just 2 meters higher than the nearby Mount Beshtor , located a little further to the south - west in the same range , and it is often erroneously identified in various web sources as the " highest point in Uzbekistan ". In fact , this honor goes to the Khazret Sultan , a peak with an altitude of 4 , 643 m in Surkhandarya ___MASK51___ , in the Uzbek part of the Gissar ___MASK34___ , on the border with Tajikistan , which was formerly known as " Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party ". Uzbekistan , officially the ___MASK65___ of Uzbekistan , is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia . It is a unitary , constitutional , presidential ___MASK65___ , comprising twelve provinces , one autonomous ___MASK65___ and a ___MASK14___ city . Uzbekistan is bordered by five landlocked countries : Kazakhstan to the north ; Tajikistan to the southeast ; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast ; Afghanistan to the south ; and Turkmenistan to the southwest . A ___MASK51___ is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient Roman " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ' s territorial possessions outside Italy . The term ___MASK51___ has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the ___MASK14___ city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent of federal authority , especially in Canada . In other countries , like China , provinces are the creation of central ___MASK96___ , with very little autonomy . Kyrgyzstan (; " Kyrgyzstan "), officially the Kyrgyz ___MASK65___ (" Krgz Respublikas "; " Kyrgyzskaya Respublika "), formerly known as Kirghizia , is a country in Central Asia . Landlocked and mountainous , Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north , Uzbekistan to the west and southwest , Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east . Its ___MASK14___ and largest city is Bishkek .