Central Asian Economic Region

The Central Asian economic region - one of the 19 economic regions of the USSR , consisted of four Central Asian republics:

1. Kyrgyz SSR (now - Kyrgyzstan )
2. Tajik SSR (now - Tajikistan )
3. Turkmen SSR (now - Turkmenistan )
4. Uzbek SSR (now - Uzbekistan )

Population - 31 337 thousand people. ( 1987 ).

The main areas of specialization are those using local resources: gas production , non-ferrous metallurgy , chemical , light and food industries .

Agriculture: the main cotton and silk-growing base of the country. Sheep breeding .