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Since this region as a whole falls under the transcontinental country of Russia, for statistical convenience, Russia is assigned under Eastern Europe by the UNSD, including both European Russia and Asian Russia under a single subregion. Hence there is no geopolitical entity that is currently grouped under Northern Asia.
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 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 ...
Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area, and extends across eleven time zones ; sharing land borders with fourteen countries .
BIMSTEC, a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia around the Bay of Bengal to promote technological and economic co-operation, which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, and China, which are all deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development
North Asia or Northern Asia is the northern region of Asia, which is defined in geographical terms and consists of three federal districts of Russia: Ural, Siberian, and the Far Eastern. The region forms the bulk of the Asian part of Russia .
Northeast China (AKA Manchuria) – also a part of Northeast Asia; Southeast China (excluding Central China) East China (some geographers include Taiwan Island, Penghu, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Socotra Rock, Parangcho, and the Senkaku Islands in this subregion) South Central China. Central China; South China (including Hainan Island and the ...
The subregion of Northeast Asia comprises China, Japan, and Korea, usually also including Mongolia and Siberia. Parts or the whole of northern China are also frequently included in sources. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia defines the region as China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia .