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Europe and Africa are located to the West of Asia. Oceania is situated to its South and North America to its East. On the other side of the continent, the islands which separate Asia from Oceania can also be difficult to delineate. Indonesia and parts of the Philippines are sometimes categorized as part of Oceania rather than as Asian.

European Russia and Russia are both simply Russia, and the Thrace and Anatolia parts of Turkey are both undisputedly part of Turkey, but sometimes the regions are shaded differently on maps in order to help delineate the borders between Asia and Europe. Asia is often divided into culturally and geographically similar regions.

Although definitions, names, and borders can vary, generally the regions of Asia include West Asia (which is part of the Middle East), the Caucasus (sometimes also considered as part of the Middle East), Central Asia , East Asia , South Asia (also called the Indian Subcontinent), and Southeast Asia. West Asia is sometimes referred to as the Middle East, with is actually a misnomer since the cultural region we define as the Middle East often included countries outside of Asia , such as Egypt in Africa and Cyprus in Europe. West Asia specifically includes the countries within the region of Asia bordered by the Mediterranean and Red Seas to the West and the Persian Gulf, the Gulfs of Aden and Oman, and the Arabian Sea to the South. Just northeast of Turkey lies the Caucasus, a mountainous region wedged between the Black Sea to the West and the Caspian Sea to the East. The Caucasus includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Russia.

Central Asia is located just north of Iran and Afghanistan and south of Russia, consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. East Asia defines the region between Central Asia , Russia, and the Pacific Ocean roughly up to the beginning of the Tropic of Cancer. Lastly, the Southeast Asian region defines the tropical and equatorial countries between South and East Asia to the North and Oceania to the South.

Opinions vary as to what countries make up the modern definition of Asia and the Middle East. Historically, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been long associated with the Middle East, but in recent years, some sources now consider them to be more closely aligned with Europe based on their modern economic and political trends. We have moved in that direction, and the same can be said for the island country of Cyprus. See full list on worldatlas.

Asias immense size lends itself to a variety of different geographical landscapes, depending on its region. West Asia has some of the highest temperatures on the planet as a result of its warm desert climate. Factoring in the heat index and wind speeds, summers in the region have risen to dangerous temperatures, with parts of Iraq and Iran having recorded feel-like temperatures of over 1degrees Fahrenheit (degrees Celsius). Inversely, Asia is also home to the coldest weather in the populated world (excluding Antarctica), which was recorded as -degrees Fahrenheit (-6 degrees Celsius) and occurred in two Russian towns: Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon.

Both extremes in precipitation can also be found on the Asian continent. At the same time, the northeast Indian village of Mawsynram is the absolute wettest place on Earth, with an average of 467. South Asia has a mixture of the monsoon weather which lends itself to such heavy precipitation along with tropical savannas with intense heat. Much of continental Southeast Asia has a savannah climate similar to some of the drier parts of South Asia , while its island portions between Asia and Oceania are distinct for their tropical rainforests. The various climates of Asia also allow it to have many different geographical features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts.

Three major Asian rivers are also sourced from the Himalayas, the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, and the Indus, which each approach 0miles (2kilometers) in length. However, the longest river in Asia is actually the Yangtze River, which runs from the southwest region of Tibet all the way to the Pacific coastal city of Shanghai and measures at 7miles (8kilometers) in length. It is also worth noting that many of these massive landscapes are actually the underlying causes of Asias various weather patterns.

The height of the Himalayas, for example, blocks rainclouds coming from the Indian Ocean and pushes them back into the Indian Subcontinent while simultaneously keeping northern cold air from travelling any farther south, accounting for both the hot monsoon weather of South Asia and the cold deserts and steppes of Central Asia.

The largest continent on Earth, Asias total size is roughly 1210square miles (4570square kilometers), or of the planets total landmass. Asias smallest countries are Maldives (1square miles or 3square kilometers), Singapore (2square miles or 7square kilometers), Bahrain (2square miles or 7square kilometers), and Brunei (2square miles or 7square kilometers). Due to its immense size and diverse populations, it is nearly impossible to offer a unified history of Asia.

The continent is the birthplace of nearly all major religions in the world today, as well as a vast number of technological and civilizational advancements. West Asia is at times called the Cradle of Civilization, as it was here that Neolithic humans first began its transition from a nomadic to a sedentary lifestyle, inventing the wheel and basic agriculture in order to do so. The West Asia was also home to the first known human civilizations, such as Ancient Sumer and the ancient Assyrian, Babylonian, and Akkadian empires. West Asia saw the creation of the first Kingdom of Israel, which fostered early Judaism, the birth of Jesus Christ and onset of early Christianity, and the birth of the Prophet Muhammad and the initial spread of Islam.

Most of the worlds earliest belief systems trace their origins back to Asia. Forms of early Hinduism were practiced in South Asia as far back as the Indus Valley Civilization, and it was codified as a religion during the Vedic Period which followed it. The South Asian country of Nepal was the birthplace of the initial Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, and the subsequent proliferation of Buddhism influenced much of Central, East, South, and Southeast Asia.

Parshvanatha, the oldest historical leader of Jainism, was born in South Asia , as was Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. East Asia also saw the birth of Kong Qiu, known in the West as Confucius, and the spread of Confucianism. The Shinto religion has ancient origins on the Japanese islands, though its first recorded history began alongside the rise of early imperial dynasties there during the Medieval Period. With a population of roughly 4. Asia is by far the most populated continent on the planet. Asias least populated countries are Maldives (3thousand people), Brunei (4thousand people), Bhutan (7thousand people), and East Timor ( million people).

Several different religions are widely spread throughout the Asian continent. If Hong Kong and Macau are included as countries, then Macau (6thousand people) becomes the third-least populous country in Asia. Islam is particularly popular in West Asia , where it is the sole official religion of many countries and is practiced by close to 1 of the populations of countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

This being sai Islam is followed by about 1. However, most Muslims actually live in South and Southeast Asia. Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan have Muslim populations of well over 1million, while the Southeast Asian country of Indonesia has more adherents to Islam than any other country, with over 2million Muslims. The second-largest religion in Asia is Hinduism, which follows close behind Islam with roughly billion adherents. Hinduism is strongest in India and Nepal (where it is followed by over of the population), but it also has strong minority populations in several Southeast and West Asian countries. Christianity is also fairly widesprea with the majority of people in Armenia, Georgia, and Russia following various Orthodox churches, East Timor and the Philippines adhering to Roman Catholicism, and South Korea largely following Protestantism (though with a sizeable minority of Roman Catholics).

Other notable religions in Asia include Sikhism and Jainism (which are found mostly in India and Pakistan), Judaism (with Israel being the only country in the world with a majority Jewish population), and Zoroastrianism (the first Iranian religion and still practiced in parts of modern Iran and other countries). After Islam and Hinduism, however, irreligion technically counts as the third-widest religion in Asia. Confucianism and Taoism (or Daoism) are more akin to philosophical traditions than the organized religions practiced in other societies, and indeed the Chinese state promotes some specifically Confucian tenants, while Japans Shinto belief system involves a relatively disunified set of religious traditions and folkloric tales.

Asia is home to a staggering number of languages ranging from local tongues spoken by only a few inhabitants to international languages used in entire regions. Regarding international languages, the most widely spoken language on the continent is Mandarin, which is spoken by 1. Russian also crosses official language borders, being the official language of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan (alongside various other state and regional languages) and having roughly 2million speakers. Arabic is perhaps the third major international language, recognized as official in most of the countries in West Asia and spoken by about 2million people. It is also worth mentioning that English is internationally popular throughout Asia.

Though it does not have many recognized native speakers, it is recognized as an official or regional language in Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Singapore. For languages concentrated around specific countries, Hindi is Indias national language (though it recognized a plethora of regional tongues), and with roughly 4million speakers it is also the second-most popular language in Asia. Other populous national languages include Indonesian (2million speakers), Bengali (1million speakers), Japanese (1million speakers), and Filipino (million speakers), though most other countries in Asia also have their own national languages. That decision was not (and is not) approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and is not accepted by the U. However, Myanmar is widely accepted by numerous countries, and by the United Nations. The Largest Countries in the World.

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East Asia or Eastern Asia (the latter form preferred by the United Nations) is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically and geo-politically, it covers about 1000km(600sq mi), or about percent of the Asian continent, about percent bigger than the area of Europe. Firstly the Pacific Ocean is surrounding the continent from the east.

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