Continent name: Asia

Story behind the name: The word Asia originated from the Ancient Greek word , first
attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BC) in reference to Anatolia, or for the purposes of
describing the Persian Wars, to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt.
AREA: 17,139,445 square miles or 44,391,162 square kilometers
POPULATION: Most populous continent, approximately 4 billion people ( 60% of the
worlds current human population)
LOCATION: Asia is the worlds largest continent and is traditionally defined as part of the
landmass of Eurasiawith the western portion of Eurasia occupied by Europe. Asia
occupies the eastern part of the Eurasian landmass and the adjacent islands, and is
separated from Europe by the Ural Mountains.
ECONOMY AND CURRENCIES: Asia has the second largest nominal GDP of all continents,
after Europe, but the largest when measured in PPP. The largest economies in Asia are
China, Japan, India, South Korea and Indonesia. Speaking of currency, there are different
kinds of currencies used across Asia.
ASIAN COUNTRIES:
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
China
Cyprus
Cambodia
East Timor

India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea(North)
Korea(South)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar

CHINA

Population (2014): 1.36 billion

Major Religion: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Taoism

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Largest City: Shanghai

Capital: Beijing

Area: 9.6 million square kilometres (slightly smaller than US)

4th Largest country in the world

Located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and
South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam

JORDAN

Population (2014): 7,930,491

Major Religion: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism

Language: Arabic (English also very well understood and spoken)

Capital: Amman

Area: 89,342 million square kilometres

Located in Middle East, Northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west) and
Iraq

JAPAN

Population (2014): 127,103,388

Major Religion: Shintoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Buddhism

Language: Japanese

Capital: Tokyo

Area: 377,915 square kilometres

Located in Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of
Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula

MALAYSIA

Population (2014): 30,073,353

Major Religion: Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism

Language: Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin,

Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai

Capital: Kualalumpur

Area: 329,847 square kilometres

Located in Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third

of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south
of Vietnam

MALDIVES

Population (2014): 393,595

Major Religion: Sunni Islam (official)

Language: Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English
(spoken by most government officials)

Capital: Male

Area: 298 square kilometres

Located in Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of

India

PHILIPPINES

Population (2014): 107,668,231

Major Religion: Christianity, Islam

Language: Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major
dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango,
and Pangasinan

Capital: Manila

Area: 300,000 square kilometres

Located in Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South
China Sea, east of Vietnam

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