Asia

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Asia es li maxim grandi e maxim populosi kontinente del Tere. Traditionalim lu es definit kom parte del land-mase de Afrika-Eurasia kel lia est li Suez Kanale, est li Ural Montes e sudest li Kaukasus Montes e li Kaspian e Nigri Mares. Sirk 60 % del homal populatione del monde habita in Asia, ek kel nur 2 % habita in li norde e interni duime (Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qingha, vesti Uzbekistan e Turkmenistan); li altri 98 % habita in li seteri duime.

Kontinentes es konsepture de homal geografia (tu es, land-formes kom interpretat da homes), non de geologia o fisikal geografia, e definitiones pove varia. Li konsepture del tri kontinentes del Oldi Monde veni fro klasiki antiqueso e li etimologia del vorde anke have radikes in li ansieni Proximi e Medi Este. Asia e Afrika renkontra mutu an li Istme de Suez e li Red Mare. Es ordinarim kredat ke li borde inter Asia e Europa vada via li Dardaneles, li Mare de Marmara, li Bisporus, tra li Nigri Mare, li Kaukasus Montes, li Ural Fluvie til lun fonte, e li Ural Montes a li Kara Mare, proxim Kara, Rusia.

Es kelkitem nonklari tu in kel Asia presisim konsista. Segun kelki definitiones, lu pove exluse Turkia, li Medi Este e Rusia. Asia kelkitem es usat plu striktim por refero a Asia-Pasifike, kel non inkluse li Medi Este o Rusia e non inkluse li isles del Pasifik Oseane, kelkis ek kel on konsidera anke kom parte de Australasia o Oseania. Asia kontene li indi subkontinente, li arabi subkontinente e piese del nord amerikani plate in Siberia.

Landes

Nome de regione/lande	Area (km²)	Populatione (1 Julie 2002 est.)	Populational denseso (po km²)	Chef-urbe
Sentral Asia:
Kazakhstan^[1]	2 346 927	13 472 593	5.7	Astana
Kirgistan	198 500	4 822 166	24.3	Bishkek
Tajikistan	143 100	6 719 567	47.0	Dushanbe
Turkmenistan	488 100	4 688 963	9.6	Ashgabat
Uzbekistan	447 400	25 563 441	57.1	Tashkent
Esti Asia:
Populen Republike de China^[2]	9 584 492	1 384 303 705	134.0	Beijing
Hong Kong (PRC)^[3]	1 092	7 303 334	6 688.0	Hong Kong
Japan	377 835	126 974 628	336.1	Tokyo
Makau (PRC)^[4]	25	461 833	18 473.3	—
Mongolia	1 565 000	2 694 432	1.7	Ulaanbaatar
Nord Korea	120 540	22 224 195	184.4	Pyongyang
Sud Korea	98 480	48 324 000	490.7	Seoul
Republike de China (Taiwan) ^[5]	35 980	22 548 009	626.7	Taipei
Nordi Afrika:
Egiptia^[6]	63 556	1 378 159	21.7	Kairo
Nordi Asia:
Rusia^[7]	13 115 200	39 129 729	3.0	Moskva
Sud-esti Asia:
Brunei	5 770	350 898	60.8	Bandar Seri Begawan
Kambodia	181 040	12 775 324	70.6	Phnom Penh
Indonesia^[8]	1 419 588	227 026 560	159.9	Jakarta
Laos	236 800	5 777 180	24.4	Vientiane
Malaysia	329 750	22 662 365	68.7	Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar (Burma)	678 500	42 238 224	62.3	Naypyidaw^[9]
Filipines	300 000	84 525 639	281.8	Manila
Singapore	693	4 452 732	6 425.3	Singapore
Tailande	514 000	62 354 402	121.3	Bangkok
Timor-Leste (Est Timor)^[10]	15 007	952 618	63.5	Dili
Vietnam	329 560	81 098 416	246.1	Hanoi
Sud Asia:
Afganistan	647 500	27 755 775	42.9	Kabul
Bangladesh	144 000	133 376 684	926.2	Daka
Butan	47 000	2 094 176	44.6	Timpu
India^[11]	3 287 590	1 045 845 226	318.2	Novi Deli
Iran	1 648 000	68 467 413	41.5	Teran
Maldives	300	320 165	1 067.2	Male
Nepal	140 800	25 873 917	183.8	Katmandu
Pakistan	803 940	147 663 429	183.7	Islamabad
Sri Lanka	65 610	19 576 783	298.4	Kolombo
Westi Asia:
Armenia^[12]	29 800	3 330 099	111.7	Yerevan
Azerbaijan^[13]	41 370	3 479 127	84.1	Baku
Barayn	665	656 397	987.1	Manama
Cyprus^[14]	9 250	775 927	83.9	Nikosia
Gaza^[15]	363	1 203 591	3 315.7	Gaza
Georgia^[16]	20 460	2 032 004	99.3	Tbilisi
Irak	437 072	24 001 816	54.9	Bagdad
Israel	20 770	6 029 529	290.3	Jerusalem
Jordan	92 300	5 307 470	57.5	Aman
Kuwayt	17 820	2 111 561	118.5	Kuwayt Urbe
Liban	10 400	3 677 780	353.6	Beyrut
Naxçivan (Azerbaijan)^[17]	5 500	365 000	66.4	Nakichevan
Oman	212 460	2 713 462	12.8	Muskat
Katar	11 437	793 341	69.4	Doha
Saudi Arabia	1 960 582	23 513 330	12.0	Riyad
Siria	185 180	17 155 814	92.6	Damaskus
Turkia^[18]	756 768	57 855 068	76.5	Ankara
Unionati Arabi Emirates	82 880	2 445 989	29.5	Abu Dabi
West Bank^[19]	5 860	2 303 660	393.1	—
Yemen	527 970	18 701 257	35.4	Sana
Total	43 810 582	3 902 404 193	89.07

Asia
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Kontinentes del monde

Afrika-Eurasia		Amerika			Eurasia			Oseania


Afrika	Antarktika		Asia	Australasia		Europa	Nord Amerika		Sud Amerika

Geological superkontinentes : Gondwana · Laurasia · Pangea · Rodinia

↑ Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
↑ The current state is formally known as the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilisation. Figures given are for mainland China only, and do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
↑ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
↑ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
↑ Figures are for the area under the de facto control of the ROC government. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
↑ Egypt is generally considered a transcontinental country in Northern Africa and Western Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, east of the Suez Canal (Sinai Peninsula).
↑ Rusia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe (UN region) and Northern Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
↑ Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania; figures do not include Irian Jaya and Maluku Islands, frequently reckoned in Oceania (Melanesia/Australasia).
↑ The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved from Yangon (Rangoon) to a militarised greenfield just west of Pyinmana on 6 November 2005.
↑ Timor-Leste is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
↑ Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.
↑ Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
↑ Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Naxçivan is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
↑ The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), distinct from the de jure Republic of Cyprus in the south (with a predominantly Greek population), is recognised only by Turkey.
↑ Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
↑ Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
↑ Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Naxçivan is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
↑ Turkia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
↑ West Bank and Gaza, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.

[1] Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.

[2] The current state is formally known as the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilisation. Figures given are for mainland China only, and do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

[3] Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.

[4] Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.

[5] Figures are for the area under the de facto control of the ROC government. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.

[6] Egypt is generally considered a transcontinental country in Northern Africa and Western Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, east of the Suez Canal (Sinai Peninsula).

[7] Rusia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe (UN region) and Northern Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.

[8] Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania; figures do not include Irian Jaya and Maluku Islands, frequently reckoned in Oceania (Melanesia/Australasia).

[9] The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved from Yangon (Rangoon) to a militarised greenfield just west of Pyinmana on 6 November 2005.

[10] Timor-Leste is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.

[11] Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.

[12] Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.

[13] Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Naxçivan is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.

[14] The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), distinct from the de jure Republic of Cyprus in the south (with a predominantly Greek population), is recognised only by Turkey.

[15] Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.

[16] Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.

[17] Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Naxçivan is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.

[18] Turkia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.

[19] West Bank and Gaza, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.

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