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2 days ago · 001 – World. Map of the most populous part of Asia showing physical, political, and population characteristics, as per 2018. Asia ( / ˈeɪʒə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈeɪʃə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square ...
1 day ago · Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia has both the highest and the lowest points on the surface of Earth, has the longest coastline of any continent, and is subject overall to the world’s widest climatic extremes.
1 day ago · East Asia, region of Asia consisting of Japan, North and South Korea, China, Mongolia, and Taiwan. An old term for the region is the Far East, a name that arose among Europeans, who considered this region in the continent to their east to be “far” from Europe in terms of traveling time. East Asia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Southeast Asia, vast region of Asia situated east of the Indian subcontinent and south of China. It consists of two dissimilar portions: a continental projection (commonly called mainland Southeast Asia) and a string of archipelagoes to the south and east of the mainland (insular Southeast Asia).
4 days ago · North America Blank Map and Country Outlines. Download our blank map of Asia and uncover the largest continent in the world. We also include all 48 country outlines within Asia.
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2 days ago · A political map of Southeast Asia Geographical divisions. Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two subregions, namely Mainland Southeast Asia (or the Indochinese Peninsula) and Maritime Southeast Asia. Mainland Southeast Asia includes: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam; Myanmar, Thailand and West Malaysia: Myanmar ...
4 days ago · A 2nd-century world map created by Ptolemy of Alexandria names the Malay Peninsula as Chersonesus Aurea (lit. ' Golden Peninsula '). The term "Southeast Asia" was first used in 1839 by American pastor Howard Malcolm in his book Travels in South-Eastern Asia.
