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Armenia ( / ɑːrˈmiːniə / ⓘ ar-MEE-nee-ə ), [14] [a] officially the Republic of Armenia, [b] is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. [15] [16] It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of ...
Mongolia [b] is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 square miles), with a population of just 3.3 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has 71 World Heritage Sites in 16 countries of Western Asia. The countries are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Qatar and Kuwait, which are also in ...
South Asia. South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic - cultural terms. As commonly conceptualized, the modern states of South Asia include Afghanistan, [6] Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. [7]
Afghanistan, [d] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [e] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, [26] it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [f] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast ...
Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology] [note 1]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East ...
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea (and Cyprus) to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
