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The more common school follows historical convention and treats Europe and Asia as different continents, categorizing East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East as specific regions for more detailed analysis. Other schools equate the word "continent" to geographical "region" when referring to Europe and Asia in terms of physical geography.
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 current human population .
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]
The continent is divided into six geographic sub-regions: Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia. [161] These regions are defined by their cultural similarities, including common religions, languages, and ethnicities.
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 ...
Geography of Asia by region (15 C) 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 ...
Asia portal; Geography portal; For the geography of individual Asian countries, see Category: ... Countries in Asia by region (6 C) Gardens in Asia by region (1 C)
Geography of Asia by region (20 C) * Asia geography-related lists (43 C, 3 P) A. Administrative divisions in Asia (57 C, 133 P) C. Countries in Asia (69 C, 48 P) D.