Topic outline of Asia

:"For a more comprehensive list, see the List of Asia-related topics."

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population. Chiefly in the eastern and northern hemispheres, Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the Indian Ocean, and to the north by the Arctic Ocean. Given its size and diversity, Asia – a toponym dating back to classical antiquity – is more a cultural concept incorporating a number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity [" [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110518/Asia Asia] ". "Encyclopædia Britannica". 2006. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.] " [http://www.answers.com/topic/asia-2010#Science_and_Technology_Encyclopedia Asia] ". "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology." 2006. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc.] (see "Subregions of Asia", "Asian people").

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Asia:

Geography of Asia

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* List of cities of East Asia

Regions of Asia

* Central Asia
* East Asia
* South Asia
* Southeast Asia

* Subregions of Asia

Countries of Asia

: "Main article: List of Asian countries"

* Coats of arms of Asia
* Flags of Asia
* List of Asian countries by GDP PPP
* List of Asian countries by population

"flag|Abkhazia"Unrecognized independent country.] Some territory could be argued to be a part of Europe or Asia] AFG flagicon|United Kingdom "Akrotiri and Dhekelia" British overseas territory.] ARM AZE BHR BAN BHU "IOT" BRU CAM PRC ROC" [Commonly known as "Taiwan".] " "CXR" Australian overseas territory.] "CCK" CYP EGY Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Africa.] GEO "HKG" Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.]
IND
INASome territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Oceania] IRN IRQ ISR JPN JOR KAZ PRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea.] KOR [Republic of Korea.] KUW KGZ LAO LBN "MAC" MAS MDV MGL MMR [Previously known as "Burma".] "flag|Nagorno-Karabakh"
NEP "PLE" [Consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip territories.] PHL QAT RUS SAU SIN SRI "flag|South Ossetia"
SYR TJK THA "flag|Tibet" TLS [Also known as "East Timor".] TUR "flag|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"
TKM UAE

Geographic features of Asia

* List of World Heritage Sites in Asia
* List of islands of Asia
* List of rivers of Asia

Demography of Asia

: "Main article: Demographics of Asia"

History of Asia

* Imperialism in Asia
* Earliest republics in Asia
* Events preceding World War II in Asia

History by field

* History of Cartography in Asia
* Coinage of Asia
* Chronology of European exploration of Asia
* Military history of Asia

History by region

* History of Central Asia
* History of East Asia
* History of South Asia
* History of Southeast Asia

Culture of Asia

: "Main article: Culture of Asia"

* Asian people
* Etiquette in Asia
* Religion in Asia
** Islam in Asia
** Christianity in Asia
** Hinduism in Asia
* World Heritage Sites

The Arts in Asia

Sports in Asia

Ecology of Asia

: "Main article: Ecology of Asia"

* Fauna of Asia

Economy of Asia

: "Main article: Economy of Asia

Education in Asia

* Asian studies

Governments of Asia

* Asian Union

Infrastructure of Asia

* Wind power in Asia

Politics of Asia

: "Main article: Politics of Asia"

* Asian values
* Conflicts in Asia
* Law of Asia
* Political parties in Asia
* Pan-Asianism
* Pirate radio in Asia

Asia lists

: "Main article: List of Asia-related topics"

* List of newspapers in Asia
* List of radio stations in Asia
* List of television stations in Asia

References

See also

* Continent

External links

* [http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/EUDASM.htm (European Digital Archive on the Soil Maps of the World - EuDASM)]
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html Map Asia]
* [http://maps.bpl.org/tag/location:Asia/ Maps of Asia from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library]