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Continent: ASIA
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Asia Asia is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the East by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the Indian Ocean, and to the West by Europe and the Mediterranean. A continent of contrasts and extremes, the enormous diversity of Asia’s physical and cultural landscape is unparalleled in the world. Although geographers have clubbed its constituent nations and regions as part of one large continent, Asia defies all notions of homogeneity. Asia includes some of the world’s richest and developed economies like Japan and Korea but is also home to some of the world’s poorest nations. Asia has the highest point on Earth, the Mount Everest in the Himalayas, as well as the lowest place on land, the Dead Sea. Asia also experiences the wildest extremes of weather and climate. While the continent boasts of the wettest place on Earth in the Indian state of Meghalaya, certain areas in the Arabian Desert may go without rainfall for years together. Asia also has the widest variety of plant and animal life; from tropical rainforests to desert scrubland; from the world’s largest reptile, the Komodo Dragon of Indonesia, to the shy and elusive Snow Leopard in the high reaches of the Himalayas.
World map showing the location of Asia.
Area43,810,582 km² (16,915,360.3 sq mi)
Population4,050,404,193 (1st)
Density89.07/km² (230.7)/sq mi)
DemonymAsian
No. of countries37
CountriesAsian countries AfghanistanArmeniaAzerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cyprus
East Timor
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar(formerly Burma)
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
South Korea
Syria
Republic of China(Taiwan)
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
DependenciesAsian dependencies Akrotiri and DhekeliaBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryChristmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Unrecognized Republics & RegionsUnrecognized Asian countries & regions AbkhaziaGaza Strip (Palestine)Nagorno-Karabakh
South Ossetia
Taiwan
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
West Bank (Palestine)
LanguagesAsian languages more than 50 million native speakers:ArabicArmenian
Azerbaijani
Bengali
Burmese
Cantonese (Chinese)
Divehi
Dzongkha
English
Filipino
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Indonesian
Japanese
Javanese
Kazakh
Khmer
Korean
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Lao
Malay
Mandarin (Chinese)
Marathi
Nepali
Min (Taiwanese/Chinese)
Mongolian
Persian
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Sinhalese
Tajik
Tamil
Telugu
Tetum
Thai
Turkish
Turkmen
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Wu (Chinese)
Time Zones+2 to +12+2+3+3:30
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Internet TLD.asia, many others
Largest CitiesLargest Cities in AsiaTokyoSeoulMumbai
Jakarta
Osaka
Shanghai
Manila
Hong Kong
Tehran
Kolkata
Beijing
Name of region andterritory, with flagArea(km²)Population
(1 July 2008 est.)
Population density(per km²)Capital
Central Asia:
Flag of KazakhstanKazakhstan2,346,92715,340,5335.7Astana
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan198,5005,356,86924.3Bishkek
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan143,1007,211,88447.0Dushanbe
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan488,1005,179,5739.6Ashgabat
Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan447,40028,268,44157.1Tashkent
Eastern Asia:
Flag of the People's Republic of China China9,584,4921,322,044,605134.0Beijing
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China1,0927,903,3346,688.0
Flag of Japan Japan377,835127,288,628336.1Tokyo
Flag of Macau Macau, China25460,82318,473.3
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia1,565,0002,996,0821.7Ulaanbaatar
Flag of North Korea North Korea120,54023,479,095184.4Pyongyang
Flag of South Korea South Korea98,48049,232,844490.7Seoul
Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan)35,98022,920,946626.7Taipei
Northern Africa:
Flag of Egypt Egypt980,86981,713,51721.7Cairo
Northern Asia:
Flag of Russia Russia13,115,200140,702,0923.0Moscow
Southeastern Asia:
Flag of Brunei Brunei5,770381,37160.8Bandar Seri Begawan
Flag of Cambodia Cambodia181,04014,241,64070.6Phnom Penh
Flag of East Timor East Timor (Timor-Leste)15,0071,108,77763.5Dili
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia1,419,588237,512,355159.9Jakarta
Flag of Laos Laos236,8006,677,53424.4Vientiane
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia329,75025,274,13568.7Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Burma Myanmar (Burma)678,50047,758,22462.3Naypyidaw
Flag of the Philippines Philippines300,00092,681,453281.8Manila
Flag of Singapore Singapore7044,608,1676,369.0Singapore
Flag of Thailand Thailand514,00065,493,298121.3Bangkok
Flag of Vietnam Vietnam331,69086,116,559246.1Hanoi
Southern Asia:
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan647,50032,738,77542.9Kabul
Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh144,000153,546,901926.2Dhaka
Flag of Bhutan Bhutan47,000682,32114.3Thimphu
Flag of India India3,167,5901,147,995,226318.2New Delhi
Flag of Iran Iran1,648,19565,875,22342Tehran
Flag of the Maldives Maldives300379,1741,067.2Malé
Flag of Nepal Nepal140,80029,519,114183.8Kathmandu
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan803,940167,762,049183.7Islamabad
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka65,61021,128,773298.4Colombo
Western Asia:
Flag of Armenia Armenia29,8002,968,586111.7Yerevan
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan46,8703,845,12782.0Baku
Flag of Bahrain Bahrain665718,306987.1Manama
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus9,250792,60483.9Nicosia
Palestinian flagGaza3631,537,2693,315.7Gaza
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia20,4604,630,84199.3Tbilisi
Flag of Iraq Iraq437,07228,221,18154.9Baghdad
Flag of Israel Israel20,7707,112,359290.3Jerusalem
Flag of Jordan Jordan92,3006,198,67757.5Amman
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait17,8202,596,561118.5Kuwait City
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon10,4523,971,941353.6Beirut
Flag of Oman Oman212,4603,311,64012.8Muscat
Flag of Qatar Qatar11,437928,63569.4Doha
Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia1,960,58223,513,33012.0>Riyadh
Flag of Syria Syria185,18019,747,58692.6Damascus
Flag of Turkey Turkey756,76871,892,80776.5Ankara
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates82,8804,621,39929.5Abu Dhabi
Palestinian flagWest Bank5,8602,611,904393.1
Flag of Yemen Yemen527,97023,013,37635.4Sanaá
Total43,810,5824,050,404,19389.07
Previous NameYearCurrent Name
East Pakistan1971Bangladesh , People’s Republic of
Kampuchea , Democratic1975Cambodia , Kingdom of
Portuguese Timor1975East Timor , Democratic Republic of
Dutch East Indies1949Indonesia , Republic of
Persian Empire1935Iran , Republic of
Transjordan1946Jordan , Kingdom of
Kirghizia (USSR)1991Kyrgyzstan , Republic
Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore1963alaysia
Burma1989Myanmar , Union of
Muscat1971Oman , Sultanate of
West Pakistan1971Pakistan , Republic of
Hejaz -Nejd , The Kingdom of1932Saudi Arabia , Kingdom of
Aden1970South Yemen , People’s Republic of
Ceylon1972Sri Lanka , Democratic Socialist Republic of
Formosa , Republic1945Taiwan
Tajik S.S.R1991Tajikistan , Republic of
Siam1939Thailand , Kingdom of
Ottoman Empire1923Turkey , Republic of
Turkmen SSR (USSR)1991Turkmenistan
Trucial Oman & >Trucial States1971United Arab Emirates
French Indo-China1949Vietnam , Socialist Republic of
Yemen , People’s Democratic & Southern Yemen1970Yemen , Republic of

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