Atlas of Asia

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Atlas of Asia

	Asia
English	Asia Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.4% of its land area, and it contains more than 60% of the world's human population. Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by ► Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
中文	亚洲亚细亚洲（英語：Asia；字源古希腊文：Ασία ），简称亚洲，大部分土地位于北半球，是七大洲中面积最大，人口最多的一个洲。大陆东至白令海峡的杰日尼奥夫角（西经169度40分，北纬60度5分），南至努沙登加拉群岛（东经103度30分，南纬11度7分），西至巴巴角（东经26度3分，北纬39度27分），北至切柳斯金角（东经104度18分，北纬77度43分），最高峰为珠穆朗瑪峰。跨越经纬度十分广，东西时差达11小时。西部与欧洲相连，形成地球上最大的陆块欧亚大陆。
हिन्दी	जंबुद्वीप जम्बुद्वीप (जंबुमहाद्वीप, या एशिया) विश्व का क्षेत्रफल और जनसंख्या दोनो के हिसाब से सबसे बड़ा महाद्वीप है । भौगोलिक रूप से ये यूरेशिया महाखंड का पूर्वी हिस्सा है । यानि कि यूरोप और जंबूद्वीप में फ़र्क सिर्फ एतिहासिक और सांस्कृतिक है ।
日本語	アジアアジア（亜細亜、'Asia）は、古代においては、現在のトルコ西部の地域にあたる古代ローマの属州アジアとその一帯を指す。アッシリア語で東を意味する「アス」に語源をもつ。また、略称は亜である。現在ではユーラシア大陸のヨーロッパ以外の地域（ユーラシア大陸の中・東部、アジア大陸）およびその周辺の島嶼・海域を含む地域の総称で、六大州の一つ。ユーラシア大陸の面積の約80%をアジアが占める。
Bahasa Indonesia	Asia Benua Asia merupakan wilayah yang mencakup daratan luas Afrika-Eurasia tanpa Eropa dan Afrika. Batas antara Asia dan Eropa sangat kabur, yakni berasa di wilayah Dardanella, Laut Marmara, selat Bosforus, Laut Hitam, pegunungan Kaukasus, Laut Kaspia, Sungai Ural (atau Sungai Emba), dan Pegunungan Ural hingga Novaya Zemlya, sedangkan dengan Afrika, Asia bertemu di sekitar Terusan Suez. Sekitar 60% populasi dunia tinggal di Asia. Lihat pula Eurasia.
العربية	آسيا تعتبر آسيا أكبر القارات من حيث المساحة والسكان، فتشمل 30% من اليابسة، ويعيش عليها تقريب ثلاثة أخماس سكان العالم، وتقع تقريبا في نصف الكرة الشمالي . يحدها شمالا المحيط القطبي الشمالي وبشرقه ممر بيرنج الجليدي. وفي الجنوب المحيط الهندي وبالغرب البحرين الأحمر والأبيض المتوسط. وشمال غرب تقع حدودها مع أوروبا. آسيا متصلة مع اوروبا بحيث انه يمكن اعتبراهما قارة واحدة ولكنهما تعتبران قارتين لاسباب تاريخية، وتعتبر جبال الاورال ونهر الاورال الفاصل بينهما. ترتبط مع افريقيا بشبه جزيرة سيناء وتعتبر قناة السويس الخط الفاصل بينهما. يقطن آسيا اكبر عدد من السكان مقارنة بالقارات الأخرى وفيها اكبر تجمعيين سكانيين في دول وهما الصين (1.3 بليون نسمة) والهند (1.1 بليون نسمة)، كما أن بها أكبر دول العالم وأصغرها مساحة روسيا و هي اكبر دولة عالمية من حيث المساحة بحث تغطي مساحة قدرها 17 مليون كيلومتر مريع، وهنا أصغر الدول مثل البحرين، المالديف، وسنغافورة مساحة كل منها أقل من 780 كيلومتر مربع. أكثر من خمسي بلاد آسيا بها سكان أقل من 6 مليون نسمة. قامت بها أكبر عدد من الحضارات القديمة كحضارات الهند وبابل وسومر وآشور والفرس والصين. وحضارة الفنيقيين والحيثيين والحضارة الإسلامية.
Population	3,902,404,193 inhabitants
Area	43,810,582 km²
Major language(s)	Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, etc.
Major religion(s)	Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam
More information	Asia, Geography of Asia, History of Asia and Politics of Asia
More images	Asia - Asia (Category).

General maps

Map of Asia

Political map with 1st level divisions as of 1998 in SVG format

Regions of Asia:

North Asia

Central Asia

Southwest Asia

South Asia

East Asia

Southeast Asia

Central Asia

East Asia

Maps of the Middle East

Location of the Middle East

Middle East

Current events

The Middle East conflict 2006

Israel and members of the Arab League (Comoros is not shown)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Asia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Asia.

Indo-Iranians

Eurasia in 1200

The Mongol Empire 1206-1294

Asia in 1345.

Second World War 1937-1942

Second World War 1942-1945

Central Asia

Uyghur Khaganate

Middle East

Orient 2000 BC

Map of the Ancient Near East during the Amarna period, showing the great powers of the period: Egypt (green), Hatti (yellow), the Kassite kingdom of Babylon (purple), Assyria (grey), and Mittani (red). Lighter areas show direct control, darker areas represent spheres of influence. The extent of the Achaean/Mycenaean civilization is shown in orange.

Oriental empires 600 BC

Levant 800 BC

Syro-Ephraimite War, 736-732 BC

Seleucid Empire, 323-360 BC

Seleucid Empire, 323-360 BC

Crusader states c. 1100 AD

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

Ptolemy map of Asia

Asia in 1595 (Ortelius)

Asia in 1607 (Hondius)

Map depiction of 1719 of Asia

Asia in 1689 (Van Keulen)

Asia in 1892

Asia in 1904

Asia in 1905

Asia in 1914

Asia in 1932

Maps of international organizations

Arab League

Asian Co-operation Dialogue

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASEAN Regional Forum

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Commonwealth of Independent States

member state

associate member

Central Asian Cooperation Organization

Economic Cooperation Organization

Eurasian Economic Community

GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Arctic Council

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Arab League

Arab League

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Full members in green.

Language maps

Sino-Tibetan languages

Turkic states

Satellite maps

Satellite map of Asia

Notes and references

General remarks:

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