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Some general data on the countries listed in M49 for the continental region, Asia (142), and one non-official region, "Northern Asia," are presented below. M49 is a device for collecting useful statistics for the UNSD and is a suggested reference guide offered as a global standard for all agencies and institutions within the various UN ...
Below is a list of countries in Asia by area. [1] Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia.
This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states. [1]Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that have one continuous or immediately-adjacent piece of territory that spans a continental boundary, most commonly the line that separates Asia and Europe.
Many regions and provinces of Asia have alternative names in different languages. Some regions have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major Asian regions, provinces, and territories.
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
The public domain map data set Natural Earth has metadata in the fields named "region_un" and "subregion" for Taiwan. The regional split recommended by Lloyd's of London for Eastern Asia (UN statistical divisions of Eastern Asia) contains Taiwan. [3] Based on the United Nations statistical divisions, the APRICOT (conference) includes Taiwan in ...
Health in Asia by region (3 C) History of Asia by region (17 C) Politics of Asia by region (7 C). Regions of Asia by country (33 C, 2 P) * Central Asia (24 C, 79 P)
The region is located north of Manila, the nation's capital. Central Luzon, in addition to the neighboring province of Pangasinan , contains the largest plain in the Philippines with its agricultural plains accounting for about 40% of the geographical region's area. [ 74 ]