Asia

Asia is home to the majority of humanity, lively cities, sublime landscapes and almost endless options. Asia varies from the mega-cities and technology capitals of to the magnificent monuments in , and from the beach bungalows and jungle treks of to the desert ruins and modern mega-malls of the .
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was the cradle of ancient civilizations such as Imperial China, ancient Korea, ancient Japan, and the Mongol Empire, and is today home to 1.6 billion people.

, also known as the Indian Subcontinent, is a triangular landmass bordered by the in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, and the Ganges and Indus river valleys in east and west.

is a group of diverse tropical countries between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, featuring cultures influenced by both and and hosting large communities of Overseas Chinese.

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The is a region mainly in Western Asia, between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

is a rugged, arid region, historically coveted for its position between and…

The is a region between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Asia

Latitude of center
35° north
Longitude of center
99° east
Population
4,610,000,000
Open­Street­Map ID
node 36966065
Open­Street­Map Feature
place=­continent
Wiki­data ID
Q48
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Also Known As

  • Abkhazian: Asya
  • Abkhazian: Азиа
  • Achinese: Asia
  • Adyghe: Азие
  • Afar: Aziya
  • Afrikaans: Asië
  • Akan: Ehyia
  • Albanian: Azia
  • Amharic: እስያ
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ασία
  • Angika: एशिया
  • Arabic: Asya
  • Arabic: آسيا
  • Aragonese: Asia
  • Armenian: Ասիա
  • Arpitan: Asia
  • Assamese: এছিয়া
  • Asturian: Asia
  • Atayal: Aziya
  • Avaric: Asia
  • Avaric: Азия
  • Aymara: Asya
  • Azerbaijani: Asiya
  • Balinese: Asia
  • Bambara: Asia
  • Banjar: Asia
  • Bashkir: Азия
  • Basque: Asia
  • Batak Toba: Asia
  • Bavarian: Asien
  • Belarusian: Азія
  • Bengali: এশিয়া
  • Bengali: এশিয়া মহাদেশ
  • Bengali: এশীয় মহাদেশ
  • Bhojpuri: एशिया
  • Bhojpuri: एशिया महादीप
  • Bishnupriya: এশিয়া
  • Bislama: Asia
  • Bosnian: Azija
  • Brahui: Eşíá
  • Breton: Azia
  • Bulgarian: Азия
  • Burmese: အာရှ
  • Catalan: Continent Asiàtic
  • Catalan: Continent asiàtic
  • Catalan: Àsia
  • Cebuano: Asya
  • Central Bikol: Asya
  • Central Kurdish: ئاسیا
  • Chamorro: Asia
  • Chavacano: Asia
  • Chechen: Ази
  • Cherokee: ᎡᏏᏱ
  • Cherokee: ᏓᎶᏂᎦᏍᏛ
  • Cheyenne: Asia
  • Chinese: A-chiu
  • Chinese: 亚洲/亞洲
  • Chinese: 亚洲
  • Chinese: 亚细亚
  • Chinese: 亞洲
  • Chinese: 亞細亞
  • Chinese: 亞細亞洲
  • Chinese: 亞细亞
  • Chinese: 日出之地
  • Chinese: 東日洲
  • Church Slavic: Асїꙗ
  • Chuvash: Ази
  • Cornish: Asi
  • Corsican: Asia
  • Crimean Tatar: Asiya
  • Croatian: Azija
  • Czech: Asie
  • Czech: kontinent zla
  • Dagbani: Asia
  • Danish: Asien
  • Danish: ondskabens kontinent
  • Dhivehi: އޭޝިއާ
  • Dimli (individual language): Asya
  • Dotyali: एसिया
  • Dutch: Aziatische continent
  • Dutch: Azie
  • Dutch: Azië
  • Dzongkha: ཨེ་སི་ཡ་
  • Eastern Mari: Азий
  • Egyptian Arabic: اسيا
  • English: Asian continent
  • Erzya: Азия Мастор
  • Esperanto: Azio
  • Estonian: Aasia
  • Extremaduran: Ásia
  • Faroese: Asia
  • Fiji Hindi: Asia
  • Fijian: Esia
  • Finnish: Aasia
  • Finnish: Asia
  • French: Asie
  • Friulian: Asie
  • Fulah: Aasiya
  • Gagauz: Aziya
  • Galician: Asia
  • Galician: آسيا
  • Gan Chinese: 亞洲
  • Ganda: Asia
  • Georgian: აზია
  • German: Asien
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Asia
  • Gilaki: آسیا
  • Goan Konkani: आशिया खंड
  • Goan Konkani: ಏಷ್ಯಾ
  • Gorontalo: Asia
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰
  • Greek: Ασία
  • Guarani: Ásia
  • Guianese Creole French: Lazi
  • Gujarati: એશિયા
  • Haitian: Azi
  • Hakka Chinese: Â-chû
  • Hausa: Asiya
  • Hausa: Â-chû
  • Hausa: ʻĀkia
  • Hawaiian: ‘Ākia
  • Hebrew: אסיה
  • Hindi: एशिया
  • Hungarian: Ázsia
  • Icelandic: Asía
  • Ido: Azia
  • Igbo: Asia
  • Iloko: Asia
  • Inari Sami: Aasia
  • Indonesian: Asia
  • Indonesian: benua Asia
  • Ingush: Ази
  • Interlingua: Asia
  • Interlingue: Asia
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᓰᐊ
  • Irish: An Áise
  • Irish: an Áise
  • Italian: Asia
  • Jamaican Creole English: Ieja
  • Japanese: Ajia
  • Japanese: あじあ
  • Japanese: アジア
  • Japanese: アズィヤ
  • Japanese:
  • Japanese: 亜州
  • Japanese: 亜細亜
  • Javanese: Asia
  • Kabardian: Азиэ
  • Kabiyè: Aazii tɛtʋ wandamm
  • Kabyle: Asya
  • Kadazan Dusun: Asia
  • Kalaallisut: Asia
  • Kalmyk: Азия
  • Kannada: ಏಷ್ಯಾ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Aziya
  • Karachay-Balkar: Азия
  • Kashmiri: ایشیا
  • Kashubian: Azëjô
  • Kazakh: Азия
  • Khmer: អាស៊ី
  • Kinyarwanda: Aziya
  • Kirghiz: Азия
  • Komi-Permyak: Азия
  • Komi: Азия
  • Kongo: Azia
  • Korean: 아세아
  • Korean: 아시아
  • Kotava: Asia
  • Kurdish: Asya
  • Ladin: Asia
  • Ladino: Asya
  • Lak: Азия
  • Lao: Asia
  • Lao: ອາຊີ
  • Latgalian: Azeja
  • Latin: Asia
  • Latvian: Āzija
  • Lezghian: Азия
  • Ligurian: Asia
  • Limburgan: Azië
  • Lingala: Azía
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Asia
  • Literary Chinese: 亞洲
  • Literary Chinese: 亞細亞
  • Literary Chinese: 亞細亞洲
  • Lithuanian: Azija
  • Livvi: Aazii
  • Lojban: zdotu'a
  • Lombard: Asia
  • Low German: Asien
  • Low German: Azie
  • Lower Sorbian: Azija
  • Luxembourgish: Asien
  • Macedo-Romanian: Asia
  • Macedonian: Азија
  • Maithili: एशिया
  • Malagasy: Azia
  • Malay: Asia
  • Malay: اسيا
  • Malayalam: ഏഷ്യ
  • Maltese: Asja
  • Manipuri: ꯑꯦꯁꯤꯌꯥ
  • Manx: Yn Aishey
  • Maori: Āhia
  • Marathi: आशिया
  • Mazanderani: آسیا
  • Min Dong Chinese: Ā-ciŭ
  • Min Nan Chinese: A-chiu
  • Min Nan Chinese: À-chiu
  • Minangkabau: Asia
  • Mingrelian: აზია
  • Mirandese: Ásia
  • Moksha: Азия
  • Moksha: Азиясь
  • Mon: အာရှ
  • Mongolian: Ази
  • Mongolian: အာရှ
  • Mongolian: ꯑꯦꯁꯤꯌꯥ
  • Moroccan Arabic: آسيا
  • Moroccan Arabic: أسيا
  • N'Ko: ߊߖ߭ߌ߫
  • Narom: Âsie
  • Nauru: Eija
  • Navajo: (*"asia")
  • Navajo: (*'asia')
  • Ndonga: Asia
  • Neapolitan: Asia
  • Nepali: एसिया
  • Newari: एसिया
  • Nias: Asia
  • Northern Frisian: Aasien
  • Northern Luri: آسیا
  • Northern Sami: Ásia
  • Norwegian: Asia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Asia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Asia
  • Novial: Asia
  • Nyanja: Asia
  • Occitan (post 1500): Asia
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܣܝܐ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Asia
  • Oriya: ଏସିଆ
  • Oromo: Eeshiyaa
  • Oromo: Eshiyaa
  • Ossetian: Ази
  • Pa'o Karen: အာသျ
  • Paiwan: Asiya
  • Pampanga: Asia
  • Pangasinan: Asia
  • Panjabi: ਏਸ਼ੀਆ
  • Papiamento: Asia
  • Pedi: Asia
  • Pennsylvania German: Asie
  • Persian: آسیا
  • Pfaelzisch: Asie
  • Pfaelzisch: Asien
  • Picard: Asie
  • Piemontese: Asia
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Asya
  • Polish: Azja
  • Polish: kontynent azjatycki
  • Pontic: Ασίαν
  • Portuguese: continente asiático
  • Portuguese: Ásia
  • Pushto: آسيا
  • Quechua: Asiya
  • Quechua: Asya
  • Romanian: Asia
  • Romansh: Asia
  • Russia Buriat: Аази
  • Russia Buriat: Ази
  • Russian: Азия
  • Rusyn: Азія
  • Sakizaya: Ya-cuo
  • Samoan: Asia
  • Samogitian: Azėjė
  • Sango: Asie
  • Sanskrit: एशियाखण्डः
  • Sanskrit: जम्बुद्वीपः
  • Sanskrit: जम्बूद्वीपः
  • Santali: ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ
  • Saraiki: ایشیاء
  • Sardinian: Asia
  • Sardinian: Àsia
  • Saterfriesisch: Asien
  • Scots: Aisie
  • Scots: Asie
  • Scottish Gaelic: Àisia
  • Serbian: Азија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Asya
  • Serbo-Croatian: Azija
  • Shan: ဢေးသျိူဝ်း
  • Shan: ဢေးသျႃး
  • Shona: Asia
  • Shona: Ezhiya
  • Sicilian: Asia
  • Silesian: Azyjo
  • Sindhi: ايشيا
  • Sinhala: ආසියාව
  • Skolt Sami: Aasia
  • Slovak: Ázia
  • Slovenian: Azija
  • Somali: Aasiya
  • South Azerbaijani: آسیا
  • Southern Sotho: Asia
  • Spanish: Asia
  • Spanish: continente asiático
  • Spanish: continente de Asia
  • Sranan Tongo: Asi
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵣⵉⵜ
  • Sundanese: Asia
  • Swahili: Asia
  • Swedish: Asia
  • Swedish: Asien
  • Swiss German: Asie
  • Tachelhit: Asya
  • Tagalog: Asya
  • Tahitian: ’Ātia
  • Tajik: Осиё
  • Talysh: Asijə
  • Talysh: Asiyə
  • Tamil: ஆசிய கண்டம்
  • Tamil: ஆசியக் கண்டம்
  • Tamil: ஆசியா
  • Tatar: Asia
  • Tatar: Азия
  • Tatar: Асия
  • Telugu: ఆసియా
  • Tetum: Ázia
  • Thai: Asia
  • Thai: ทวีปเอเชีย
  • Thai: ทวีปเอเซีย
  • Thai: เอเชีย
  • Thai: เอเซีย
  • Tibetan: ཨེ་ཤེ་ཡ།
  • Tigrinya: ኣስያ
  • Tigrinya: ኤስያ
  • Tigrinya: ኤሽያ
  • Tigrinya: እስያ
  • Tok Pisin: Esia
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻĒsia
  • Tosk Albanian: Asien
  • Tsonga: Asia
  • Tsonga: Axiya
  • Tulu: ಏಷ್ಯಾ
  • Tumbuka: Asia
  • Turkish: Asya
  • Turkish: Asya kıtası
  • Turkmen: Aziýa
  • Tuvinian: Азия
  • Twi: Ehyia
  • Tyap: A̱siya
  • Udmurt: Азия
  • Uighur: ئاسىيا
  • Ukrainian: Азія
  • Upper Sorbian: Azija
  • Urdu: ایشیا
  • Uzbek: Osiyo
  • Venetian: Àzia
  • Veps: Azii
  • Vietnamese: Châu Á
  • Vietnamese: châu Á
  • Vietnamese: Á
  • Vietnamese: Á châu
  • Vlaams: Azië
  • Vlax Romani: Asia
  • Vlax Romani: Asiya
  • Volapük: Siyop
  • Võro: Aasia
  • Walloon: Azeye
  • Waray (Philippines): Asya
  • Welsh: Asia
  • Western Armenian: Ասիա
  • Western Frisian: Aazje
  • Western Mari: Ази
  • Western Panjabi: ایشیا
  • Western Panjabi: ایشیاء
  • Wolof: Asi
  • Wu Chinese: 亚洲
  • Wu Chinese: 亚细亚
  • Wu Chinese: 亚细亚洲
  • Xhosa: I-Eshiya
  • Yakut: Азия
  • Yiddish: אזיע
  • Yoruba: Ásíà
  • Yue Chinese: 亞洲
  • Yue Chinese: 亞細亞
  • Yue Chinese: 亞細亞洲
  • Yue Chinese: 亞西亞洲
  • Yue Chinese: 日出之地
  • Yue Chinese: 東日洲
  • Zeeuws: Azië
  • Zhuang: Yacouh
  • Zulu: I-Eshiya
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