Five states make up Central Asia as the term is most often used: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The graphic with this article gives each of them one card. Every card answers the same four questions: what the capital is, what money is used, what the internet addresses end in and what code a caller dials from abroad.

Five countries, five capitals — infographic, in English
Five countries, five capitals

The capitals are Tashkent, Astana, Bishkek, Dushanbe and Ashgabat. The currencies are the soʻm in Uzbekistan, the tenge in Kazakhstan, the som in Kyrgyzstan, the somoni in Tajikistan and the manat in Turkmenistan. The Uzbek soʻm and the Kyrgyz som have similar names but are separate currencies, so a price in one cannot be read as a price in the other.

Domains and calling codes

The internet domain is the two-letter ending of a national web address: .uz, .kz, .kg, .tj and .tm. These endings come from the international standard for country codes. An address that ends this way is registered under that national domain, which does not by itself tell you where the owner of the site is based.

The calling code is what a caller dials before a number when phoning from another country. Uzbekistan has +998, Kyrgyzstan +996, Tajikistan +992 and Turkmenistan +993. Kazakhstan uses +7, a code it shares with Russia, so the digits that follow the code show which country is being called.

The cards are a reference, not a full guide. Currency names and domains are stable, but exchange rates, mobile prefixes and the dialling rules inside each country are not shown here and change over time. For those, ask a bank or a telephone operator, or go to the official sources listed with this article.