Saturday, October 26, 2013

Countries of Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and comprises 30% of its land area.

With approximately 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. Asia has a high growth rate in the modern era. For instance, during the 20th century, Asia's population nearly quadrupled.

Asia is defined as comprising the eastwards four-fifths of Eurasia. It is located to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma–Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

Given its size and diversity, Asia – a toponym dating back to classical antiquity – "is more a cultural concept" incorporating diverse regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity. Asia differs very widely among and within its regions with regard to ethnic groups, cultures, environments, economics, historical ties and government systems.

ABCEI
AfghanistanBahrainCambodiaEast TimorIndia
  BangladeshChina  Indonesia
  Bhutan    Iran
  Brunei    Iraq
        Israel
  JK L   M
  Japan  Kazakhstan  Laos  Malaysia  Nepal
  Jordan  Korea North  Lebanon  Maldives  
    Korea South    Mongolia  
    Kuwait    Myanmar   
    Kyrgyzstan      
  O  P  Q  R  S
  Oman  Pakistan  Qatar  Russia  Saudi Arabia
    Philippines      Singapore
          Sri Lanka
          Syria
TUVY 
 Taiwan United Arab Emirates Vietnam Yemen  
 Tajikistan Uzbekistan      
 Thailand        
 Turkey        
 Turkmenist

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