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Tropic of Cancer

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Okhotsk

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Nanjing
Wuhan
Nanchang
Hengyang
Xi’an
Chengdu
Shanghai
Chongqing Fuzhou
Changchun
Shijiazhuang
Zhengzhou
Guiyang
Lanzhou
Hong Kong
(Aomen)Macao (Xianggang)
Lhasa
Ürümqi
Hami
Baotou
Jayapura
Manado
Davao
Padang
Irkutsk
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Magadan
Anadyr’
Yakutsk
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Chita
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Yuzhno-
Sakhalinsk
Petropavlovsk
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Osaka
Nagoya
Sapporo
Sendai
Hiroshima
Mandalay
Chiang
Mai
Hô Chi Minh
Da Nang
Kolkata Vinh
(Calcutta)
Semarang Surabaya
Palembang
Medan
Makassar
Cebu
Ambon
Bandung
Taiping
Hai Phong
Chittangong Louangphabang
Fukuoka Kitakyushu
Kobe Kyoto
Guwahati
ULAN BATOR
BEIJING
TAIPEI
PYONGYANG
SEOUL
BANDAR SERI
BEGAWAN
MANILA
KUALA LUMPUR
JAKARTA
BANGKOK
HANOI
PHNOM PENH
VIENTIANE
DILI
TOKYO
RANGOON
THIMPHU
DHAKA
PYINMANA
PUTRAJAYA
EAST TIMOR
AN FEDERATION
JAPAN
MYANMAR
(BURMA)
CAMBODIA
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BHUTAN
BANGLADESH
CHINA
MONGOLIA
TAIWAN
NORTH
KOREA
SOUTH
KOREA
SINGAPORE
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
BRUNEI
PHILIPPINES
Total land area: 43,608,000 sq km
(16,838,365 sq miles)
Total population: 4 billion
Number of countries: 48
(including Russian Federation)
Largest country: Russian
Federation (Asian part)
13,119,582 sq km
(5,065,471 sq miles)
Smallest country: Maldives
300 sq km (116 sq miles)
Largest country population: China
1.3 billion
Largest lake: Caspian Sea
371,000 sq km
(143,205 sq miles)
Longest river: Yangtze, China
6,299 km (3,915 miles)
Highest point: Mount Everest,
China/Nepal, 8,850 m
(29,035 ft)
Major desert: Gobi Desert,
Mongolia
Largest island: Borneo
757,050 sq km
(292,220 sq miles)
1 HONG KONG, CHINA
Hong Kong’s modern, high-rise skyline reflects the prosperous economy of
this former British colony. Hong Kong was returned to communist China in
1997, and has become a special administrative region where foreign trade and
enterprise are encouraged. It is an important trading and financial centre.
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CHINESE DRAGON 3
Chinese New Year, China’s
most important festival, is
celebrated in late January or
early February. The festival
lasts for several days and is
marked by spectacular
processions. Displays of
dancing dragons pass
through the streets, featuring
huge colourful dragon
costumes such as this.
4 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
The historic city of Jerusalem is
sacred to the Jews, Christians,
and Muslims, reflecting major
divisions inside Israel. For Jews
the Western Wall (seen here) is
the most sacred site, while the
golden Dome of the Rock, also
shown, is part of a Muslim shrine.
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