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Asia is the largest continent in the world in both, area and population, constituting nearly one-third of the landmass, lying entirely north of the equator except for some Southeast Asian islands. It is connected to Africa by the Isthmus of Suez and borders Europe (part of the same landmass) along the Ural Mountains and across the Caspian Sea.

Area: about 49 700,000 km2 (19 189 277 mi2) it covers about 60 percent of Earth's total land area.
Population: more than 4 billion human inhabitants (4,157 million), about 60 percent of the world's population. 1,33 billion of these people live in China. Seven out of ten of the most populated countries are in Asia (2010).
Highest Point: Sagarmatha (Chomolungma; known as Mount Everest) 8848m (29 028 ft) Nepal.
Largest Lake: Caspian Sea (salt lake) 371 000 km2 (143 250 mi2),
Ozero Baykal, Lake Baikal 31 500 km2 in Siberia is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume.
Longest River: Yangtze (Yángzî Jiang, or Chang Jiang (simplified Chinese: 长江) China, 6380 km (3 964 mi).

Languages of Asia: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Thai, Turkic, Vietnamese and other.

Flags:
Flags of Asia

Maps
profile Reference Map of Asia
Political Map of Asia.
Map of Central Asia
Political Map of Central Asia and the Caucasus region.
Map of South East Asia
Political Map of South East Asia.
profile Map of Southwestern Asia
Map of Southwestern Asia and the Middle East region.

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 		 Buddha at Dalat, Vietnam
Great Buddha Statue near the city of Dalat, central Viet Nam
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Countries and Areas of Asia

Eastern Asia
  Country
 Population
 Maps Capital City
CHN China 1,338,100,000 Map of China Beijing
HKG China, Hong Kong SAR 7,000,000   -
MAC China, Macau SAR 500,000   Macau City
Tibet China Tibet 2 620 000   Lhasa
JPN Japan 127,400,000 Map of Japan Tokyo
PRK Korea (North) 22,800,000 Map of North Korea P'yongyang
KOR Korea (South) 48,900,000 Map of South Korea Seoul
MNG Mongolia 2,800,000 Map of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
TWN Taiwan (Republic of China) 23,200,000   Taipei
 

Northern Asia
 
  Country Population   Capital City
RUS Russian Federation 141,900,000   Moscow
 

South-Central Asia
 
  Country Population Maps Capital City
AFG Afghanistan 29,100,000 Map of Afghanistan Kabul
BGD Bangladesh 164,400,000 Map of Bangladesh Dhaka
BTN Bhutan 700,000 Map of Bhutan Thimphu
IND India 1,188,800,000 Map of India New Delhi
IRN Iran 75,100,000 Map of Iran Tehran
KAZ Kazakhstan 16,300,000 Map of Kazakhstan Astana
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 5,300,000 Map of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
MDV Maldives 300,000   Male
NPL Nepal 28,000,000 Map of Nepal Kathmandu
PAK Pakistan 184,800,000 Map of Pakistan Islamabad
LKA Sri Lanka 20,700,000 Map of Sri Lanka Colombo
TJK Tajikistan 7,600,000 Map of Tajikistan Dushanbe
TKM Turkmenistan 5,200,000 Map of Turkmenistan Ashgabat
UZB Uzbekistan 28,100,000 Map of Uzbekistan Tashkent
 

South-East Asia
 
  Country Population Maps Capital City
BRN Brunei Darussalam 400,000   Bandar Seri Begawan
KHM Cambodia 15,100,000 Map of Cambodia Phnom Penh
IDN Indonesia 235,500,000 Map of Indonesia Jakarta
LAO Lao PDR 6,400,000 Map of Laos Vientiane
MYS Malaysia 29,000,000 Map of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
MMR Myanmar (Burma) 53,400,000 Map of Myanmar Yangon (Rangoon)
PHL Philippines 94,000,000 Map of Philippines Manila
SGP Singapore 5,100,000 Map of Singapore Singapore
THA Thailand 68,100,000 Map of Thailand Bangkok
TLS Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1,200,000   Dili
VNM Vietnam 89,000,000 Map of Vietnam Hanoi
 

Western Asia and Middle East
 
  Country Population Maps Capital City
ARM Armenia 3,100,000 Map of Armenia Yerevan
AZE Azerbaijan 9,000,000 Map of Azerbaijan Baku
BHR Bahrain 1,300,000 Map of Bahrain Manama
CYP Cyprus 1,100,000 Map of Cyprus Nicosia (Lefkosia)
GEO Georgia 4,600,000 Map of Georgia T'bilisi
IRQ Iraq 31,500,000 Map of Iraq Baghdad
ISR Israel 7,600,000 Map of Israel Jerusalem (claimed)
JOR Jordan 6,500,000 Map of Jordan Amman
KWT Kuwait 3,100,000   Kuwait (City)
LBN Lebanon 4,300,000 Map of Lebanon Beirut
OMN Oman 3,100,000 Map of Oman Muscat
PSE Palestinian territories 4,000,000 see: Map of Israel Jerusalem (claimed)
QAT Qatar 1,700,000 Map of Qatar Doha (Al-Dawhah)
SAU Saudi Arabia 29,200,000 Map of Saudi Arabia Riyadh
SYR Syria 22,500,000 Map of Syria Damascus
TUR Turkey 73,600,000 Map of Turkey Ankara
ARE United Arab Emirates 5,400,000 Map of United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
YEM Yemen 23,600,000 Map of Yemen Sanaa
Source: Population Reference Bureau-- 2010 World Population Data Sheet

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