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Therefore, Egypt, an African country, may also be considered to be a country in Asia. The division between Southeast Asia and Australia/Oceania is disputed and currently placed somewhere between Java and New Guinea. Indonesia spans both areas, but is ordinarily considered to be an Asian country. [1]
This template returns an abbreviation to sort tables by location. It uses the 7-continent system. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Location 1 Enter a country's name, continent's name, or 2-letter continent code (AF, AN, AS, EU, OC, NA, or SA) as the template's only parameter. Example 'Mexico ...
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are also used to create the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes and the Internet country code top-level domains. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which may allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
The list of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent data file is a plain text format describing the list of countries by continent, [1] suitable for automated processing. Format [ edit ]
Buildings and structures in Asia by country (69 C) Culture of Asia by country (60 C) People by Asian country of descent (51 C) Economies of Asia by country (68 C)
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia. Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres . It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a ...
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / 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 kilometres, [note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.