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ASIA
 Asia is the largest continent on Earth.
 It covers 9% of the Earth's total surface
area (or 30% of its land area), and has the
largest coastline, at 62,800 kilometers
(39,022 mi).
 Asia is generally defined as comprising the
eastern four-fifths of Eurasia.
 It is located to the:
o East of the Suez Canal and the Ural
Mountains
o South of the Caucasus
Mountains (or the Kuma–Manych
Depression) and
the Caspian and Black Seas.
 It is bounded on the:
o East by the Pacific Ocean
o South by the Indian Ocean
o North by the Arctic Ocean
o West by the Africa and Europe
 Asia is subdivided into 48 Countries
 Three of them (Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey) having part of their land in
Europe.

Main Regions of Asia

1. North Asia (Siberia)
2. East Asia (Far East)
3. West Asia (Middle East or Near East)
4. Central Asia
5. South Asia
6. Southeast Asia (Indochina and East Indies)

Region Countries Flag Capital Image

North Asia
Russia Moscow
(Siberia)

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Region Countries Flag Capital Image

China Beijing

Japan Tokyo

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar

North Korea Pyongyang

East Asia
(Far East)
South Korea Seoul

Taiwan Taipei

Hong Kong Hong Kong

Macau Macau
Countr Capital
Region ies Flag Image

Abkhazia Sukhumi
Armenia Yerevan
Artsakh Stepanakert
Azerbaijan Baku
Bahrain Manama
Cyprus Nicosia
Georgia Tbilisi
Iran Tehran
West Asia Iraq Baghdad
(Middle East Israel Jerusalem
or Near Jordan Amman
East) Kuwait Kuwait City
23 Countries Lebanon Beirut
(19 recognized) Northern
(4 unrecognized) North Nicosa
Cyprus
Oman Muscat
Palestine Jerusalem (East)
Qatar Doha
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
South Ossetia Tskhinvali
Syria Damascus
Turkey Ankara
UAE Abu Dhabi

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Yemen Sana'a
Region Countries Flag Capital Image
Kazakhstan Astana

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek

Central Asia Tajikistan Dushanbe

Turkmenistan Ashgabat

Uzbekistan Tashkent
Region Countries Flag Capital Image
Afghanistan Kabul
Bangladesh Dhaka
Bhutan Thimphu
India New Delhi
South Asia Maldives Male
Nepal Kathmandu
Pakistan Islamabad
Sri
Sri Lanka Jayawardenepura
Kotte
Region Countries Flag Capital Image
Bandar Seri
Brunei
Begawan
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Indonesia Jakarta
Laos Vientiane
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Myanmar Naypyidaw
Asia
Philippines Manila
(Indochina
and East Singapore Singapore
Indies) Thailand Bangkok
Timor Leste Dili
Vietnam Hanoi
Christmas
Flying Fish Cove
Island
Cocos
(Keeling) West Island
Islands

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