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Asia
ni
bara
kubwa kabisa kuliko mabara yote mengine ya
dunia
. Bara hili lina
eneo
la kilomita za mraba 44,579,000 (maili za mraba 17,212,000), ambalo ni sawa na asilimia 30% ya ardhi yote. Wakazi wa bara la Asia ni 3,701,000,000 kwa mujibu wa makisio 2003.
Bara la Asia lina
nchi
44 na visiwa mbali mbali vya madola mbalimbali.
Mlima
mrefu kabisa ulimwenguni ambao ni mlima wa
Everesti
wenye urefu wa mita 8,850 (futi 29,035) ulioko
Nepal
pia uko kwenye bara hili. Kadhalika, nchi zenye wakazi wengi zaidi ulimwenguni
China
na
India
pia ziko kwenye bara hili.
Ziwa
kubwa kabisa ulimwenguni,
bahari ya Kazwini
(Caspian Sea) lenye eneo la kilomita za mraba 394,299 (maili za mraba 152,239) vile vile liko Asia kati ya ya nchi hizi:
Azerbaijan
,
Urusi
,
Kazakhstan
,
Turkmenistan
, na
Uajemi
.
Bara la Asia linaweza kugawanywa katika sehemu zifuatazo:
Jina la nchi au eneo,
bendera
|
Eneo
(km²)
|
Wakazi
(1 Julai 2008)
|
Wakazi kwa km²
|
Mji mkuu
|
Asia ya Kati
:
|
Kazakhstan
|
2,724,927
|
15,666,533
|
5.7
|
Astana
|
Kirgizia
|
198,500
|
5,356,869
|
24.3
|
Bishkek
|
Tajikistan
|
143,100
|
7,211,884
|
47.0
|
Dushanbe
|
Turkmenistan
|
488,100
|
5,179,573
|
9.6
|
Ashgabat
|
Uzbekistan
|
447,400
|
28,268,441
|
57.1
|
Tashkent
|
Asia ya Mashariki
:
|
Uchina
|
9,584,492
|
1,322,044,605
|
134.0
|
Beijing
|
Hong Kong
|
1,092
|
7,903,334
|
6,688.0
|
?
|
Macau
|
25
|
460,823
|
18,473.3
|
?
|
Japani
|
377,835
|
127,288,628
|
336.1
|
Tokyo
|
Taiwan
|
35,980
|
22,920,946
|
626.7
|
Taipei
|
Korea Kaskazini
|
120,540
|
23,479,095
|
184.4
|
Pyongyang
|
Korea Kusini
|
98,480
|
49,232,844
|
490.7
|
Seoul
|
Mongolia
|
1,565,000
|
2,996,082
|
1.7
|
Ulaanbaatar
|
Asia ya Kaskazini
:
|
Urusi
|
17,075,400
|
142,200,000
|
26.8
|
Moscow
|
Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki
:
|
Brunei
|
5,770
|
381,371
|
66.1
|
Bandar Seri Begawan
|
Myanmar
|
676,578
|
47,758,224
|
70.3
|
Pyinmana
|
Kamboja
|
181,035
|
13,388,910
|
74
|
Phnom Penh
|
Timor Mashariki
|
15,007
|
1,108,777
|
73.8
|
Dili
|
Indonesia
|
1,919,440
|
230,512,000
|
120.1
|
Jakarta
|
Laos
|
236,800
|
6,677,534
|
28.2
|
Vientiane
|
Malaysia
|
329,847
|
27,780,000
|
84.2
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
Ufilipino
|
300,000
|
92,681,453
|
308.9
|
Manila
|
Singapuri
|
704
|
4,608,167
|
6,545.7
|
Singapuri
|
Uthai
|
514,000
|
65,493,298
|
127.4
|
Bangkok
|
Vietnam
|
331,690
|
86,116,559
|
259.6
|
Hanoi
|
Asia ya Kusini
:
|
Afghanistan
|
647,500
|
32,738,775
|
42.9
|
Kabul
|
Bangla Desh
|
147,570
|
153,546,901
|
1040.5
|
Dhaka
|
Bhutan
|
38,394
|
682,321
|
17.8
|
Thimphu
|
Uhindi
|
3,287,263
|
1,147,995,226
|
349.2
|
New Delhi
|
Uajemi
|
1,648,195
|
70,472,846
|
42.8
|
Tehran
|
Maledivi
|
300
|
379,174
|
1,263.3
|
Male
|
Nepal
|
147,181
|
29,519,114
|
200.5
|
Kathmandu
|
Pakistan
|
803,940
|
167,762,049
|
208.7
|
Islamabad
|
Sri Lanka
|
65,610
|
21,128,773
|
322.0
|
Sri Jayawardenapura
|
Asia ya Magharibi
:
|
Armenia
|
29,800
|
2,968,586
|
111.7
|
Yerevan
|
Azerbaijan
|
46,870
|
3,845,127
|
82.0
|
Baku
|
Bahrain
|
665
|
718,306
|
987.1
|
Manama
|
Kupro
|
9,250
|
792,604
|
83.9
|
Nikosia
|
Palestina
|
363
|
1,537,269
|
3,315.7
|
Gaza
|
Georgia
|
20,460
|
4,630,841
|
99.3
|
Tbilisi
|
Irak
|
437,072
|
28,221,181
|
54.9
|
Baghdad
|
Israel
|
20,770
|
7,112,359
|
290.3
|
Yerusalemu
|
Yordani
|
92,300
|
6,198,677
|
57.5
|
Amman
|
Kuwait
|
17,820
|
2,596,561
|
118.5
|
Jiji la Kuwait
|
Libanon
|
10,452
|
3,971,941
|
353.6
|
Beirut
|
Omani
|
212,460
|
3,311,640
|
12.8
|
Muskat
|
Qatar
|
11,437
|
928,635
|
69.4
|
Doha
|
Uarabuni wa Saudia
|
1,960,582
|
23,513,330
|
12.0
|
Riyad
|
Syria
|
185,180
|
19,747,586
|
92.6
|
Dameski
|
Uturuki
|
756,768
|
71,892,807
|
76.5
|
Ankara
|
Falme za Kiarabu
|
82,880
|
4,621,399
|
29.5
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Yemeni
|
527,970
|
23,013,376
|
35.4
|
Sana'a
|
Jumla
|
43,810,582
|
4,162,966,086
|
89.07
|
|