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Member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean.The region's precise boundaries vary depending on context, but countries and territories in Australasia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia are often included.
Southeast Asia: East Timor / Malaysia / Papua New Guinea: Indian Ocean / Pacific Ocean / Arafura Sea / Banda Sea / Celebes Sea / Java Sea / Molucca Sea / Timor Sea: Iran: Middle East: Afghanistan / Armenia / Azerbaijan / Iraq / Pakistan / Turkey / Turkmenistan: Caspian Sea / *Indian Ocean / Gulf of Oman / Persian Gulf: Iraq: Middle East
APAC: Asia-Pacific; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region; APJ: Asia Pacific and Japan [3] APMA: Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa; APSG: Asia Pacific and Singapore; Arab League: a regional organization of Arab countries
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in ...
These varying definitions are not generally reflected in the map of Asia as a whole; for example, Egypt is typically included in the Middle East, but not in Asia, even though the bulk of the Middle East is in Asia. The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb.
This is a list of articles giving brief summaries of each country in Asia. The transcontinental countries situated in both Asia and Europe are also shown. Outline of Abkhazia [ 1 ]
But when discussing the geopolitical region of the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt is usually grouped with the Western Asian countries as part of the Middle East, while Egypt's western neighbor Libya is grouped with the remaining North African countries as the Maghreb. Both are members of the African Union.
Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.