What is the list of south asian countries. Asian countries and their capitals

May 10, 2016

On the territory of Asia there are several dozen countries with different political systems and living standards, with amazing and dissimilar cultures. Russia also partially belongs to Asian countries. What states does Overseas Asia include? The countries and capitals of this part of the world will be listed in the article.

What is called overseas Asia?

Foreign territory is called the territory of this part of the world that does not belong to Russia, that is, these are all Asian countries except Russia. In the geographical literature, foreign Asia is divided into four large regions. So, they distinguish Central, Eastern, Southern and Front (Western). North Asia is Russian territory, and foreign Asia, of course, does not belong to it. The countries and capitals of this part of the world are absolutely different from each other, they are unique and inimitable.

The table below gives an alphabetical list of countries in foreign Asia with the names of capitals.

The country	Asia region	Capital	Official language
Abkhazia	Western	Sukhum	Abkhazian, Russian
Azerbaijan	Western	Baku	Azerbaijani
Armenia	Western	Yerevan	Armenian
Afghanistan	Western	Kabul	Dari, Pashto
Bangladesh	South	Dhaka	Bengal
Bahrain	Front	Manama	Arab
Brunei	South	Bandar Seri Begawan	Malay
Butane	South	Thimphu	dzongkha
Vietnam	South	Hanoi	Vietnamese
Georgia	Front	Tbilisi	Georgian
Israel	Front	Tel Aviv	Hebrew, Arabic
India	South	Delhi	Hindi, English
Indonesia	South	Jakarta	Indonesian
Jordan	Front	Amman	Arab
Iraq	Front	Baghdad	Arabic, Kurdish
Iran	Front	Tehran	Farsi
Yemen	Front	Sana'a	Arab
Kazakhstan	Central	Astana	Kazakh, Russian
Cambodia	South	Phnom Penh	Khmer
Qatar	Front	Doha	Arab
Cyprus	Front	Nicosia	Greek, Turkish
Kyrgyzstan	Central	Bishkek	Kyrgyz, Russian
China	Eastern	Beijing	Chinese
Kuwait	Front	El Kuwait	Arab
Laos	South	Vientiane	Laotian
Lebanon	Front	Beirut	Arab
Malaysia	South	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysian
Maldives	South	Male	Maldivian
Mongolia	Eastern	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolian
Myanmar	South	Yangon	Burmese
Nepal	South	Kathmandu	Nepali
United Arab Emirates	Front	Abu Dhabi	Arab
Oman	Front	Muscat	Arab
Pakistan	South	Islamabad	urdu
Saudi Arabia	Front	Riyadh	Arab
North Korea	Eastern	Pyongyang	Korean
Singapore	South Asia	Singapore	Malay, Tamil, Chinese, English
Syria	Front	Damascus	Arab
Tajikistan	Central	Dushanbe	Tajik
Thailand	South Asia	Bangkok	Thai
Turkmenistan	Central	Ashgabat	Turkmen
Turkey	Front	Ankara	Turkish
Uzbekistan	Central	Tashkent	Uzbek
Philippines	South Asia	Manila	Tagalog
Sri Lanka	South Asia	Colombo	Sinhalese, Tamil
South Korea	Eastern	Seoul	Korean
South Ossetia	Front	Tskhinvali	Ossetian, Russian
Japan	Eastern	Tokyo	Japanese

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Developed countries of foreign Asia and their capitals

Among the most highly developed countries in the world is Singapore (capital - Singapore). This is a small island state with a high standard of living of the population, which is mainly engaged in the production of electronics for export.
Japan (the capital of Tokyo), also engaged in the creation of electronic equipment, is among the ten most prosperous countries in the world. Almost all countries of foreign Asia and their capitals are rapidly developing. For example, Qatar, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan are among the five fastest growing (in terms of GDP growth) economies in the world.

Not everyone needs to be ahead...

The least developed countries of foreign Asia and their capitals: Bangladesh (capital - Dhaka), Bhutan (capital - Thimphu), Nepal (capital - Kathmandu). These and some other countries cannot boast of either a high standard of living or special achievements in industry. And yet overseas Asia (countries and capitals are listed in the table above) plays an important role in the global economy. The largest financial centers are located in the largest part of the world on the planet: Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore.

Asia map

Detailed map of Asia in Russian. Examine the map of Asia from a satellite. Zoom in and see the streets, houses and sights on the map of Asia.

Asia- the largest part of the world on the planet. It stretches from the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East to the far shores of the Pacific Ocean, including China, Korea, Japan, India. Humid, hot regions in southern Asia are separated from the cooler ones by a giant mountain range - the Himalayas.

Together with Europe, Asia forms a continent Eurasia. The dividing border between Asia and Europe runs through the Ural Mountains. Asia is washed by the waters of the rhinestone of three oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Indian. Also, many regions of Asia have access to the seas of the Atlantic Ocean. 54 states are located on the territory of this part of the world.

The highest mountain peak on Earth is Chomolungma (Everest). Its height above sea level is 8848 meters. This peak is part of the Himalayas, a mountain range separating Nepal and China.

Asia is a very long part of the world, so the climate in Asian countries is different and differs depending on the landscape and topography. In Asia, there are states with both subarctic and equatorial climatic zones. In southern Asia, powerful winds blow from the sea - monsoons. Air masses saturated with moisture bring heavy rains with them.

Located in Central Asia gobi desert which is called cold. Its lifeless, windswept expanses are covered with stone debris and sand. Orangutans live in the tropical rainforests of Sumatra - the only large monkeys living in Asia. This species is now under threat of extinction.

Asia- it is also the most densely populated part of the world, because more than 60% of the world's inhabitants live there. The largest population in three Asian countries - India, Japan and China. However, there are also regions that are completely deserted.

Asia- this is the cradle of civilization of the entire planet, since Asia is home to the most ethnic groups and peoples. Each of the Asian countries is distinctive in its own way, having its own traditions. Most of them live along the banks of rivers and oceans and are engaged in fishing and agriculture. Today, many peasants are moving from the countryside to the cities, which are growing rapidly.

About 2/3 of rice on the globe is grown in just two countries - China and India. Rice fields where young shoots are planted are covered with water.

The Ganges River in India is the busiest trading place with numerous "floating markets". Hindus consider this river sacred and make mass pilgrimages to its banks.

The streets of Chinese cities are filled with cyclists. Bicycle is the most popular mode of transport in China. Almost all tea in the world is grown in Asia. Tea plantations are processed by hand, only young leaves are plucked, which are dried. Asia is the birthplace of such religions as Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. There is a giant Buddha statue in Thailand.

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Literature:

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Table 1.1

Modern political map of Foreign Asia

States

No. pp	State	State system (form of government)	State structure	Territory, thousand km2	Population, thousand people, 2008 1	Capital
Afghanistan	Republic of Islamic	unitary	652,1	32 738	Cable
Bangladesh		unitary	147,6	153 547	Dhaka
Bahrain	Monarchy constitutional	unitary	0,70		Manama
Brunei	Absolute theocratic monarchy within the Commonwealth	unitary	5,8		Bandar Seri Begawan
Bhutan	Monarchy constitutional	unitary	47,0	682	Thimphu
East Timor	Republic parliamentary	unitary	14,9	1 109	Duli
vietnam	republic socialist	unitary	331,7	86 117	Hanoi
Israel	Republic parliamentary	unitary	20,8	7 112	Tel Aviv
India	Parliamentary republic within the Commonwealth	Federal	3 287,3	1 147 996	Delhi
Indonesia	Republic presidential	unitary	1 904,5	237 512	Jakarta
Jordan	Monarchy constitutional	unitary	89,3	6 199	Amman
Iraq	Republic presidential	unitary	435,1	28 221	Baghdad
Iran	Republic of Islamic	unitary	1 634,0	65 875	Tehran
Yemen	Republic presidential	unitary	528,0	23 013	Sanaa
Cambodia	Monarchy constitutional	unitary	181,0	14 242	phnom penh
Qatar	Monarchy absolute	unitary	11,4		Doha

Kupr		unitary	9,3		Nicosia
China	republic socialist	unitary	9 598,0	1 360 531	Pekun
Korea, Democratic People's Republic	republic socialist	unitary	122,0	23 479	Pyongyang
Korea, Republic	Republic parliamentary	unitary	99,4	48 379	Seoul
Kuwait	Monarchy constitutional	unitary	17,8	2 597	El Kuwait
laos	republic socialist	unitary	236,8	6 678	Vientiane
Lebanon	Republic parliamentary	unitary	10,4	3 972	Beirut
Malaysia	Monarchy constitutional within the Commonwealth	Federal	329,8	25 274	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Republic presidential within the Commonwealth	unitary	0,3		Male
Mongolia	Republic parliamentary	unitary	1 564,1	2 996	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Republic presidential	Federal	676,6	47 758	Yangon
Nepal	Republic	Federal	147,2	29 519	Kathmandu
United Arab Emirates	Monarchy absolute	Federal	83,6	4 621	Aby Dhabi
Oman	Monarchy absolute	unitary	309,5	3 312	Muscat
Pakistan	Republic of Islamic	Federal	796,1	172 800	Islamabad
Saudi Arabia	Monarchy absolute theocratic	unitary	2 150,0	28 147	Riyadh
Singapore	Parliamentary republic within the Commonwealth	unitary	0,6	4 608	Singapore
Suriya	Republic presidential	unitary	185,2	19 748	Damascus

Colonial and Dependent Territories

An absolute monarchy is a state in which all the executive, legislative, judicial and military powers are concentrated in the hands of the monarch. At the same time, the presence of a parliament and parliamentary elections of the people of the country is possible, but this is only an advisory body of the monarch and cannot be against him.

In the strict sense of the world, there are only six countries with an absolute monarchy.

If considered more open, the dualistic monarchy can be equated with the absolute, and these are six countries. Thus, there are twelve countries in the world in which it is somewhat concentrated in one hand.

The amazing thing is that in Europe (both love the protection of human rights and the annoyance associated with any dictators) there are already two such countries!

But at the same time there must be a distinction between absolute and constitutional monarchy, since there are many kingdoms and principalities in Europe, but most of them are constitutional monarchies in which the president of the state is the president of the parliament.

So, these are the twelve countries with absolute monarchy:

Kingdom of Bahrain. A small country in the Middle East on the coast of the Persian Gulf. Dualist monarchy, King Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifa since 2002.

The state of Brunei Darussalam (or, in short, Brunei). Country in Southeast Asia on the island of Kalimantan. Absolute monarchy, Sultan Hassanal Bolkia (Hassanal Bolkia) since 1967.

3. Vatican. The city is entirely within Rome.

A theocratic monarchy, the country has been ruled by Pope Francis Francis (Francis) since 2013.

4. Jordan (full name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan). It is located in the Middle East. Dualist monarchy, ruled by King Abdullah II ibn Hussein al-Hashimi since 1999.

5. Qatar, the state of the Middle East, an absolute monarchy, the state is ruled by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani since 2013.

Kuwait. Country in the Middle East. A dualist monarchy, the state has been ruled by Emir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah since 2006.

7. Luxembourg (full name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). The state is located in the heart of Europe.

Luxembourg is a dualistic monarchy, and since 2000 the state has been headed by the Grand Duke of His Royal Highness Henry (Henry).

8. Morocco (full name: Kingdom of Morocco) is a country located in northwestern Africa.

The dualist monarchy, since 1999, has been ruled by Mohammed Viben al-Hassan.

9. United Arab Emirates. Country in the Middle East, on the coast of the Persian Gulf. An absolute monarchy, the country has been ruled by President Caliph bin Zayed Al Nahyan since 2004.

10. Oman (surname: Sultanate of Oman). Country on the Arabian Peninsula.

An absolute monarchy, the state has been ruled by Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said since 1970.

11. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Country in the Middle East. An absolute theocratic monarchy, the country has been ruled by King Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdurrahman al Saud since 2015.

12. Kingdom of Swaziland. The state is located in southern Africa. A dualist monarchy, the state has been ruled by King Mswati III since 1986.

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Nomenclature for the "Foreign Asia" test

1. Foreign Asian countries and capitals:

Southwest Asia Israel - Tel Aviv Syria - Damascus Lebanon — Beirut Iran — Tehran Iraq - Baghdad Jordan - Amman Saudi Arabia – Riyadh UAE - Abu Dhabi Qatar – Doha Kuwait — El Kuwait Oman – Muscat Bahrain — Manama Yemen - Sana'a Turkey — Ankara Afghanistan - Kabul Cyprus-Nicosia	Southeast Asia Myanmar – Yangon Thailand – Bangkok Vietnam – Hanoi Cambodia - Phnom Penh Laos – Vientiane Indonesia - Jakarta Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan Philippines – Manila Singapore-Singapore East Timor - Dili
South Asia Pakistan - Islamabad India - Delhi Nepal - Kathmandu Bhutan — Thimphu Sri Lanka – Colombo Bangladesh-Dhaka Maldives – Male East Asia Japan Tokyo China - Beijing Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar North Korea - Pyongyang Republic of Korea - Seoul Taiwan - Taipei (China)	CIS countries Kazakhstan, Astana Turkmenistan – Ashgabat Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek Tajikistan - Dushanbe Uzbekistan – Tashkent Georgia, Tbilisi Azerbaijan, Baku Armenia — Yerevan

Seas: Red, Arabian, South China, East China, Japan,

Persian and Bengal bays.

3. Rivers: Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze, Huang He.

4. Seaports: Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), Shanghai, Xianggang (Hong Kong), Karachi, Yokohama, Busan, Dubai, Nagoya, Kaohsiung

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Map of Asia with countries is of great importance in Russian

Asia map with countries and capitals great in Russian

Asia is part of the Eurasian continent. The continent is located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. The border with North America passes through the Bering Strait, and with South Africa the Suez Canal separates Asia.

Even in ancient Greece, attempts were made to establish a precise boundary between Asia and Europe. While this limit is considered conditional. In Russian sources, the border is established along the eastern foothills of the Ural Mountains, the Emba River, the Caspian Sea, the Black and Marble Seas along the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.

In the west, Asia is washed by the inland seas of the Black, Azov, Marmara, Mediterranean and Aegean seas. The largest lakes on the continent are Baikal, Balkhash and the Aral Sea.

Lake Baikal contains 20% of all fresh water reserves on Earth. In addition, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. Its greatest depth in the middle part of the basin is 1620 meters. One of the unique lakes in Asia is Lake Balkhash. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that sweet water is in the western part and salty in the eastern part. The Dead Sea is considered the deepest sea in Asia and the world.

The continental part of Asia occupies mainly mountains and plateaus.

The largest mountainous regions in the south are Tibet, Tien Shan, Pamir, Himalayas. In the north and north-east of the continent, Altai, Verkhoyansky ridge, Chersky ridge, central Siberian plateau. In the west, Asia is surrounded by the Caucasus and Ural mountains, and in the east by large and small Khingan and Sikhote-Alin. On the map of Asia, with countries and capitals in Russian, the names of the main mountainous regions of the region are obvious.

In Asia, all types of climate - from the Arctic to the Equatorial.

Asia is classified by the United Nations in the following regions: Central Asia, East Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. There are currently 54 countries in Asia. The borders of all these countries and capitals are marked on the political map of Asia by cities.

In terms of population growth, Asia is only in Africa. Asia is home to 60% of the world's population. China and India account for 40% of the world's population.

Asia is the ancestor of ancient civilizations - Indian, Tibetan, Babylonian, Chinese. This is due to favorable agriculture in many areas of this part of the world. The ethnic composition of Asia is very diverse. There are representatives of three main races of peoples: Negroids, Mongoloids and Europods.

Download map of Asia

South Asia is a region located on the southern peninsula of Hindustan, with several small coral and volcanic islands in the Indian Ocean, the Indo-Gangetic Valley, the Himalayas. This is a remarkable part of the planet that attracts tourists and exists according to its own customs and rules.

South Asia includes seven countries:

1. Bangladesh;
2. Nepal;
3. Butane;
4. India;
5. Sri Lanka;
6. Pakistan;
7. Maldives.

The area of ​​the southern region is 4% of the entire earth, but the density is quite high and is determined by about 20% of the total population of the planet.

In the southern part, the region is surrounded by the seas and bays of the Indian Ocean. Of all the states, only two countries, Bhutan and Nepal, are not provided with access to the sea.
The population fluctuates around 1.2 billion people.

Bangladesh

A relatively poor state with a rapidly increasing population. Located on an area of ​​about 144,000 km2, the number is 142 million.
Most of the country is flat lowland. The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers form one channel a little west of the capital Dhaka and flow into the Bay of Bengal. The state is almost regularly exposed to floods, which cause the loss of many lives.
About 20% of the total population of the country lives in the cities of Bangladesh. Since it is problematic to find work here, people live by farming (tea, sugar cane, jute) and fishing.

State of Bangladesh

Capital of Bangladesh– Dhaka with a population of 6.97 million. It is located on the Buriganga (Ganges) river. It appears to be a major port and aquatourism concentration.

Capital Dhaka

The main share of industrial enterprises is located in the capital and suburbs:

• production of jute fiber,
• lightweight and cotton.

Almost 90% of the population are Muslims.

Nepal

The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is located between two neighbors: from the north it borders Tibet, from the south, west and east - India.

The highest mountain state is located on an area of ​​140,800 km2. The population of Nepal is almost 30.4 million people, they profess Hinduism.

Countryside Nepal

In Nepal, three high-altitude zones can be noted: the flat territory - 17% of the total area, the mountainous part - 64% of the area and the high mountain Himalayan ranges.

A large number of rivers: Karnali, Arun through the slopes of the Himalayas flow south and fall into the Ganges.

The capital of the country is Kathmandu.. It is home to about 1 million people.

In the city there are various craft workshops and small enterprises: textile, leather, pottery.

Butane

The Kingdom of Bhutan is located on the slopes of the Eastern Himalayas. On the one hand, it borders on China, on the other, its neighbor is India. Its territory is 47,000 km2. The population practicing Buddhism is 770 thousand people.

Cities of Bhutan

The capital is Thimphu is the largest city in the state. It is home to 40 thousand people.
For the rest of the world, Bhutan remained a closed state for a long time, and only in 1974 the veil was slightly opened. For 80% of the inhabitants, the rural and forest industries are the main source of livelihood. The industry is undeveloped, there are a number of woodworking enterprises and the food industry.

Bhutan surprises with its contrasts. On the plain, near India, bananas grow, and on a hill, in the central part of the state, oaks grow. From the north, Bhutan is surrounded by the Himalayan mountains.

India

Republic of India It is the seventh largest state in the world and the second largest in terms of population. The country is located on the Hindustan Peninsula, the Himalayan mountains and the Indo-Gangetic plain. The most significant height is Kanchenjunga (5898 meters). The number is 1.3 billion. India borders Pakistan in the west, Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east, and China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast. Almost 80% of the inhabitants practice Hinduism.

Holy city of India

major rivers, flowing from the Himalayan mountains and flowing into the Bay of Bengal are the Brahmaputra and the Ganges. Several rivers: Krishna, Mahanadi, Godavari serve as the main source of irrigation. India has no large lakes.

Capital of India - New Delhi. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the seismic zone and occupies almost the entire area of ​​the Indo-Gangetic plain.

City in India New Delhi

New Delhi is the official capital of the state and one of the districts of the city of Delhi. The buildings of the government of India and various historical sights are located here.
Since 1997, Delhi has been territorially divided into 9 districts, and each of them is divided into 3 districts.

New Delhi has a population of around 295,000 while the city of Delhi is home to over 13 million people. This is one of the most economically developed regions.

The economy of the capital consists of industries: tourism, telecommunications, information technology. Industry includes the manufacture of products for mass consumption. In Delhi, in comparison with other cities in India, transport and infrastructure are best developed. In this regard, international corporations and automobile production are developing in the suburbs of the capital.
Energy, healthcare and various services for the population make up a significant share in the economy.

Sri Lanka

Democratic Socialist Republic. It is located on the island of the same name off the coast of Hindustan. The area of ​​the country is small - approximately 65,000 km2. Along and across the island, small rivers cross: Nai-Aru, Kalu.

The majority of the population professes Buddhism - 69%, while adherents of Hinduism make up 15%. The total population is 21.7 million people.

Tea plantations in rural Sri Lanka

The country got its name from the Sanskrit "Shri" - glorious and "Lanka" - land. Familiar to the whole world under another one - Ceylon. The state is proud of its huge tea plantations and rice fields.

The capital of Sri Lanka in 1982 was transferred from Colombo to the nearby suburb of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. It houses the State Parliament and the Supreme Court. The process of transferring the capital to the end is not yet completed. The population of Kotte is 150,000 inhabitants. In fact, the capital continues to be Colombo - the largest city in the country (there are almost 600 thousand people). Colombo has a deep-water harbor, and the city center is located near the port. The port of Colombo is the largest in South Asia. Several industries are developed here: chemical, glass, woodworking, textile and oil refining.

Pakistan

The country arose as a result of the division of British India in 1947 and is officially called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It borders with countries: Iran, India, China, Afghanistan.

City and slums of Pakistan

In the south is the outlet to the Arabian Sea. There is a relatively high population density. In terms of the number of residents, it ranks sixth in the world - almost 194 million people with an available territory of 803,940 km2. The majority of the population professes Islam - more than 97%. Most of the region is the Indus Plain and the mountains located from the north and west, belonging to the Iranian plateau.

The capital of the country is Islamabad. It was founded in 1967. The population is 1150000 people. In the west of the capital, the Indus River flows, the Himalayas stretch east of the city.
Since Islamabad was originally built as a capital, there is practically no industry in the city.

City of Islamabad

The exception is:

• light, food industry, handicrafts.
• The financial sector and telecommunications industries are developing.

Maldives

The state is located on several small islands in the Indian Ocean. Closest countries: India, Sri Lanka. The Republic of Maldives includes 1196 islands, the length from east to west is 130 km, from south to north - 823 km. Islands of volcanic origin, form a paired necklace of 26 large coral patches (atolls). Of the total number of islands, only 202 are inhabited. The longest island is eight kilometers long. Due to the gradual melting of glaciers, the Maldives is threatened with flooding.

City in the Maldives

The population living on the archipelago is 400,000 people. The population professes Islam.

Capital Male located on the neighboring islands of Villingili and Male. The territory is 5.8 km2, the number of inhabitants is about 105 thousand people.
The absence of industry determined the occupation of the population: fishing, resort business.

Asia is one of the most rapidly developing regions, and (most of them) are known to every schoolchild. Asian and eastern tigers have “registered” here, breaks into the world economy and economically backward states sleep peacefully.

There are more than 48 sovereign states on the territory. Some of them are crumbs who do not take any part in world politics and economics. The other part are serious players on the world stage.

The largest Asian countries with capitals we will try to describe in a brief overview.

Thailand with capital Bangkok

More than 70,000,000 people live on a territory of 514,000 km² (in Bangkok, the population is more than 15,000,000 people). Most of those living in Thailand are ethnic Thais and Laos, but there are other ethnic groups. The country's economy is largely concentrated around Bangkok. But most of the population (60%) are employed in agriculture. Tourism is becoming an important source of income for the people of Thailand, with more than 19 million tourists visiting the country in 2011 alone.

Japan with Tokyo as its capital

Nippon (Nihon) is unique in that without solid reserves of oil, gas and other natural resources, it was able to break into one of the largest economies in the world. Today, hundreds, thousands of tourists come to the country to admire the cherry blossoms, Buddhist temples and cultural monuments. But the foreign Asia of the country and the capital does not end there.

and the city of Delhi

India is a tiny state in terms of territory, where more than 1,200,000,000 people live (the 2nd state in the world in terms of population). Mysterious, wise, calm and covered with a halo of mystery, India attracts attention, beckons. But along with the Eastern culture and way of life, here you will encounter economic problems, poverty and misery. But we will not stop at India, we will continue .

and its capital Dhaka

10.8 million people lives in the capital. In total, 142 million people live in Bangladesh.

Due to acute local conflicts, the state was never able to achieve a high level of economic development. With a large population, Bangladesh is considered one of the poorest regions on the planet.

Of course, it would be worth talking about China, mentioning Nicosia and other cities. Each of them has its own special charm.

April 17, 2016

Asia is the most populous part of the world. On its territory there are some of the most developed cities in the world - these are, of course, the capitals of Asia. At the same time, there are extremely poor regions here. This is the side of contrasts, where luxury and poverty coexist, huge cities and small villages, ancient historical monuments and modern megacities, the highest mountains and the deepest depressions.

Asia is a unique part of the world

Asia is recognized as the largest part of the world. Its territory is so large that it occupies from north to south climatic zones from the Arctic to the equatorial, from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, from east to west - from the Pacific Ocean to the seas of the Atlantic, that is, Asia touches all the oceans of the Earth. From the point of view of geography, Asia is also interesting in that about two-thirds of its territory is occupied by mountains and plateaus. The uniqueness of this part of the world also lies in the extraordinary diversity of its fauna: polar bears and pandas, seals and elephants, Ussuri tigers and Borneos, snow leopards and Gobi cats, loons and peacocks. The geography of Asia is unique, as are the peoples living on its territory. The countries and capitals of Asia are multinational and multicultural.

Asia: countries

The list of Asian countries varies depending on the criteria by which the classification is carried out. Thus, Georgia and Azerbaijan belong either to Europe or to Asia, which is associated with different variants of the border between the two parts of Eurasia. Russia is both a European country and an Asian one, since the main part of the population lives in the European part, and most of the territory is located in the Asian part. The debatable countries of Asia and their capitals, the list of which is given in the table, are located on the border of the two cardinal points.

On the territory of Asia, there are countries that are partially recognized (North Ossetia, the Republic of China, Palestine, Abkhazia and others) or unrecognized (the State of Shan, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Waziristan), there are territories dependent on other states (Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, Macau and others).

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Asian countries and their capitals: list

There are 57 states on the territory of Asia, of which 3 are not recognized, 6 are partially recognized. A generalized list of countries with different status is given in the table below, where the capitals are listed in alphabetical order.

Capitals and countries of Asia

Foundation date	Asian countries
Abu Dhabi	18th century AD	United Arab Emirates
Amman	13th c. BC.	Jordan
Ankara	5th c. BC.	Turkey
Astana	19th century AD	Kazakhstan
Ashgabat	19th century AD	Turkmenistan
Baghdad	8th c. AD	Iraq
Baku	5th-6th century AD	Azerbaijan
Bangkok	14th c. AD	Thailand
Bandar Seri Begawan	7th c. AD	Brunei
Beirut	15th c. BC.	Lebanon
Bishkek	18th century AD	Kyrgyzstan
Van	19th century AD	Waziristan (unrecognized)
Vientiane	9th c. AD	Laos
Dhaka	7th c. AD	Bangladesh
Damascus	15th c. BC.	Syria
Jakarta	4th c. AD	Indonesia
Dili	18th century AD	East Timor
Doha	19th century AD	Qatar
Dushanbe	17th century AD	Tajikistan
Yerevan	7th c. BC.	Armenia
Jerusalem	4 thousand BC	Israel
Islamabad	20th century AD	Pakistan
Kabul	1 in. BC.	Afghanistan
Kathmandu	1 in. AD	Nepal
Kuala Lumpur	18th century AD	Malaysia
Lefkosa	11th c. BC.	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (partially recognized)
Male	12th century AD	Maldives
Manama	14th c. AD	Bahrain
Manila	14th c. AD	Philippines
Muscat	1 in. AD	Oman
Moscow	12th c. AD	the Russian Federation
Muzaffarabad	17th century AD	Azad Kashmir (partially recognized)
Naypyidaw	21st century AD	Myanmar
Nicosia	4 thousand BC	Cyprus
New Delhi	3 in. BC.	India
Beijing	4th c. BC.	People's Republic of China
Phnom Penh	14th c. AD	Cambodia
Pyongyang	1 in. AD	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Ramallah	16th century AD	Palestine (partially recognized)
Sana'a	2 in. AD	Yemen
Seoul	1 in. BC.	Korea
Singapore	19th century AD	Singapore
Stepanakert	5th c. AD	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (unrecognized)
Sukhum	7th c. BC.	Abkhazia (partially recognized)
Taipei	18th century AD	Republic of China (partially recognized)
Taunjdi	18th century AD	Shang (unrecognized)
Tashkent	2 in. BC.	Uzbekistan
Tbilisi	5th c. AD	Georgia
Tehran	12th c. AD	Iran
Tokyo	12th century AD	Japan
Thimphu	13th c. AD	Butane
Ulaanbaatar	17th century AD	Mongolia
Hanoi	10th c. AD	Vietnam
Tskhinvali	14th century AD	South Ossetia (partially recognized)
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte	13th c. AD	Sri Lanka
El Kuwait	18th century AD	Kuwait
Riyadh	4th-5th century AD	Saudi Arabia

Ancient cities of Asia

Asia is the side of the world where ancient civilizations actively developed. And the territory of Southeast Asia, presumably, is the ancestral home of ancient man. Ancient documents testify to the prosperity of some cities as early as several millennia BC. So, the city on the Jordan River was founded approximately in the 8th millennium BC, and it was never empty.
The city of Byblos on the Lebanese coast of the Mediterranean Sea dates back to the 4th millennium BC. Asia is not called mysterious for nothing: many Asian capitals keep ancient history and exceptional culture.

Major cities and capitals

Asia is not only exceptional ancient civilizations. These are the leading modern industrial centers.
The most developed and largest cities and capitals of Asia, the list of which is given below, are important points in the global financial industry. These are Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Moscow, Tokyo, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangkok, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, Riyadh and some others. All of these largest cities in Asia are cities with a population of many millions.