Kazakhstan
type: Concept
broader: Central Asia

Turkmenistan
type: Concept
broader: Central Asia

Asia
type: Concept
narrower: Central Asia

Tajikistan
type: Concept
broader: Central Asia

Uzbekistan
type: Concept
broader: Central Asia

Central Asia
definition: The five countries that make up what is commonly referred to as Central Asia are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, each of which attained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Sunni Islam, the more conservative sect of the Islamic religion and the one that comprises some 83 percent of the Muslim world, is the dominant religion, introduced by the Arabs in the seventh century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion; Central Asia]
narrower: Kyrgyzstan
narrower: Turkmenistan
narrower: Uzbekistan
narrower: Tajikistan
narrower: Kazakhstan
type: Concept
broader: Asia

Kyrgyzstan
type: Concept
broader: Central Asia

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Central Asia