Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area (or 29.9% of its land area) and, with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. It is located 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 — located to the 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 on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on 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 (see Subregions of Asia, Asian people).
The wealth of Asia differs widely between and within each region. This is due to its vast size and huge range of different cultures, environments, historical ties and government systems. In terms of nominal GDP, Japan has the largest economy on the continent and the second largest in the world. In purchasing power parity term, however, the People's Republic of China has the largest economy in Asia and the second largest in the world.
The full name of "Asian continents." In the Eastern Hemisphere of the north-east, north, east, south side were the verge of the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific and Indian Ocean, the west of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. An area of 44 million square kilometers. Population 32 96 billion (1992), is the world's largest and most populous continent. Great terrain, mountains and plateaus of the entire Island area of 75%. Terrain in central high surrounded by low. All Island Inter-cold, warm, hot three-zone climate complex and diverse. Forest and water resources and agricultural products and oil, magnesium, iron, tin and other mineral resources are abundant. Residents yellow and account for about 60% of the continental population of more than, followed by white, black, very few. A total of nearly 10 countries and regions.
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One of the five continents. Full name of the Asian continents. Located northeast of the eastern hemisphere. An area of 43,800,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 30% of global land area, is the world's largest continent, a population of about 2.4 billion (1978). Residents are mainly yellow
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n.: asia, the Strait of Malacca, Philippine Islands, the Yemen Arab Republic, Asian
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