Asian continent

Asia

Area	44,579,000 km2 (17,212,000 sq mi)
Population	4,164,252,000 (1st)
Pop. density	87/km2 (225/sq mi)
Demonym	Asian
Countries	48 UN members 6 other states
Dependencies	List Akrotiri and Dhekelia British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
Non-UN states	List Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Taiwan
Languages	List of languages
Time zones	UTC+2 to UTC+12
Internet TLD	.asia
Largest cities	Major urban areas in Asia List of cities in Asia List Tokyo Seoul Mumbai Dhaka Delhi Karachi Jakarta Osaka Busan Shanghai Manila Hong Kong Tehran Chittagong Doha Beijing Riyadh Guangzhou Taipei Bangkok Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ho Chi Minh City Dubai

Major urban areas in Asia
List of cities in Asia

Asia (ⁱ/ˈeɪʒə, ˈeɪʃə/) is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people.

In general terms, Asia is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The western boundary with Europe is a historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.

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