Turkestan
Historical region in Central Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Turkestan,[lower-alpha 1] also spelled Turkistan (from Persian: ترکستان, romanized: Torkestân, lit. 'land of the Turks'), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang.[1][2] Turkestan is primarily inhabited by Turkic peoples, including Uzbeks, Oghuz Turks, Kazakhs, Khazars, Kyrgyz, and Uyghurs. The region hosts Russian and Tajik-Persian minorities. Turkestan is subdivided into Afghan Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.[3] Today, "Turkestan" mainly[citation needed] refers to Xinjiang, where Turkic peoples constitute about half of the population.
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This article is about an area. For the city in Kazakhstan, see Turkistan (city). For other uses, see Turkestan (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Turkey or Turkmenistan.