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Image:BlankMap-World.png – World map, Robinson projection centered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstates and island nations are generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regions are exhibited.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to 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 (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's ...
The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent, Iranian Plateau, Arabian peninsula, as well as a piece of the North American plate in Siberia.
The divisions between Asia and Europe occur at the Ural Mountains, Ural River, and Caspian Sea in the east, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, Bosporus Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea in the south. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey all have territory in both Asia and Europe.
Outline of the Philippines. Outline of Qatar. Outline of Russia. Outline of Saudi Arabia. Outline of Singapore. Outline of South Korea. Outline of South Ossetia [1] Outline of Sri Lanka. Outline of Syria.
Russia is a transcontinental country straddling Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.[ 21][ 22][ 23] ^ Taiwan is a widely but partially recognised country. ^ Asian population excludes the portions of West Kahakhstan and Atyrau that lie entirely west of the Ural River.[ 34]
The United Nations geoscheme for Asia is an internal tool created and used by the United Nations, maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics. [ 1] The scheme's subregions are presented here in alphabetical order. Its subregions may not coincide with other geographic categorization schemes.
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