Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

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ASIA

AsiA

Asia is the world’s largest

continent. it is a region

of contrasts: both in

its landscape and its peoples.

The break-up of the soviet

Union produced five new

central Asian republics. The

countries in the south are

mainly Muslim, but are

divided by religious

differences and conflicts.

AFGHANisTAN

Area: 251,827 sq miles

(652,230 sq km)

Population: 32,564,000

Capital: Kabul

ARMENiA

Area: 11,484 sq miles

(29,743 sq km)

Population: 3,056,000

Capital: Yerevan

AZERBAiJAN

Area: 33,436 sq miles

(86,600 sq km)

Population: 9,781,000

Capital: Baku

BAHRAiN

Area: 294 sq miles

(760 sq km)

Population: 1,347,000

Capital: Manama

BANGLADEsH

Area: 57,321 sq miles

(148,460 sq km)

Population: 168,958,000

Capital: Dhaka

BHUTAN

Area: 14,824 sq miles

(38,394 sq km)

Population: 742,000

Capital: Thimphu

BRUNEi

Area: 2,226 sq miles

(5,765 sq km)

Population: 430,000

Capital: Bandar seri Begawan

CAMBODiA

Area: 69,898 sq miles

(181,035 sq km)

Population:15,709,000

Capital: Phnom Penh

CHiNA

Area: 3,705,407 sq miles

(9,596,960 sq km)

Population: 1,367,485,000

Capital: Beijing

GEORGiA

Area: 26,911 sq miles

(69,700 sq km)

Population: 4,931,000

Capital: Tbilisi

iNDiA

Area: 1,269,219 sq miles

(3,287,263 sq km)

Population: 1,251,695,500

Capital: New Delhi

iNDONEsiA

Area: 735,358 sq miles

(1,904,569 sq km)

Population: 255,994,000

Capital: Jakarta

iRAN

Area: 636,372 sq miles

(1,648,195 sq km)

Population: 81,824,000

Capital: Tehran

iRAQ

Area: 169,235 sq miles

(438,317 sq km)

Population: 37,056,000

Capital: Baghdad

isRAEL

Area: 8,019 sq miles

(20,770 sq km)

Population: 8,049,000

Capital: Jerusalem

JAPAN

Area: 145,914 sq miles

(377,915 sq km)

Population: 126,920,000

Capital: Tokyo

CYPRUs

Area: 3,572 sq miles

(9,251 sq km)

Population: 1,189,000

Capital: Nicosia

EAsT TiMOR

Area: 5,743 sq miles

(14,874 sq km)

Population: 1,231,000

Capital: Dili

JORDAN

Area: 34,495 sq miles

(89,342 sq km)

Population: 8,117,500

Capital: Amman

NORTH KOREA

Area: 46,540 sq miles

(120,538 sq km)

Population: 24,983,000

Capital: Pyongyang

sOUTH KOREA

Area: 38,502 sq miles

(99,720 sq km)

Population: 49,115,000

Capital: seoul, sejong City

KAZAKHsTAN

Area: 1,052,090 sq miles

(2,724,900 sq km)

Population: 18,157,000

Capital: Astana

LAOs

Area: 91,429 sq miles

(236,800 sq km)

Population: 6,911,500

Capital: Vientiane

LEBANON

Area: 4,015 sq miles

(10,400 sq km)

Population: 6,185,000

Capital: Beirut

MALAYsiA

Area: 127,354 sq miles

(329,847 sq km)

Population: 30,514,000

Capital: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya

MALDiVEs

Area: 115 sq miles

(298 sq km)

Population: 393,000

Capital: Malé

MONGOLiA

Area: 603,909 sq miles

(1,564,116 sq km)

Population: 2,993,000

Capital: Ulan Bator

NEPAL

Area: 56,827 sq miles

(147,181 sq km)

Population: 31,551,000

Capital: Kathmandu

OMAN

Area: 119,499 sq miles

(309,500 sq km)

Population: 3,287,000

Capital: Muscat

PAKisTAN

Area: 307,374 sq miles

(796,095 sq km)

Population: 199,086,000

Capital: islamabad

PHiLiPPiNEs

Area: 115,831 sq miles

(300,000 sq km)

Population: 100,998,000

Capital: Manila

KUWAiT

Area: 6,880 sq miles

(17,818 sq km)

Population: 2,788,500

Capital: Kuwait

KYRGYZsTAN

Area: 77,202 sq miles

(199,951 sq km)

Population: 5,665,000

Capital: Bishkek

QATAR

Area: 4,473 sq miles

(11,586 sq km)

Population: 2,195,000

Capital: Doha

RUssiAN FED.

Area: 6,601,668 sq miles

(17,098,242 sq km)

Population: 142,424,000

Capital: Moscow

siNGAPORE

Area: 269 sq miles

(697 sq km)

Population: 5,674,500

Capital: singapore City

sAUDi ARABiA

Area: 830,000 sq miles

(2,149,690 sq km)

Population: 27,752,000

Capital: Riyadh

sRi LANKA

Area: 25,332 sq miles

(65,610 sq km)

Population: 22,053,500

Capital: Colombo, sri

Jayewardenepura Kotte

sYRiA

Area: 71,489 sq miles

(185,180 sq km)

Population: 17,065,000

Capital: Damascus

TAiWAN

Area: 13,892 sq miles

(35,980 sq km)

Population: 23,415,000

Capital: Taipei

TAJiKsTAN

Area: 55,637 sq miles

(144,100 sq km)

Population: 8,192,000

Capital: Dushanbe

THAiLAND

Area: 198,117 sq miles

(513,120 sq km)

Population: 67,976,500

Capital: Bangkok

TURKEY

Area: 302,535 sq miles

(783,562 sq km)

Population: 79,414,000

Capital: Ankara

TURKMENisTAN

Area: 188,456 sq miles

(488,100 sq km)

Population: 5,231,500

Capital: Ashgabat

U.A.E.

Area: 32,278 sq miles

(83,600 sq km)

Population: 5,780,000

Capital: Abu Dhabi

UZBEKisTAN

Area: 172,741 sq miles

(447,400 sq km)

Population: 29,200,000

Capital: Tashkent

Vi ETNAM

Area: 127,881 sq miles

(331,210 sq km)

Population: 94,349,000

Capital: Hanoi

YEMEN

Area: 203,849 sq miles

(527,968 sq km)

Population: 26,737,000

Capital: sana

MYANMAR (Burma)

Area: 261,288 sq miles

(676,578 sq km)

Population: 56,320,000

Capital: Nay Pyi Taw

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