Asia - Asien

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. Most of the world is tourist-friendly. Some parts of Asia should be avoided, especially the western part (Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan).

Regions

• Central Asia - Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
• East Asia - Japanese, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.
• Middle East - Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Yemen. This sometimes also includes Palestine - which at present, however, can only be considered a sovereign state de jure but not de facto - and Egypt and Sudan in Africa.
• South Asia - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
• Southeast Asia - Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and East Timor.
• Russia and the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia.

Asian countries

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bahrain Bhutan Brunei Cyprus Philippines United Arab Emirates Georgia India Indonesia Iraq Iran Israel Japanese

Jordan Cambodia Kazakhstan (partly in Europe) China Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan

Qatar Russia (partly in Europe) Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka South Korea Syria Tajikistan Taiwan Thailand Turkey (partly in Europe) Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen East Timor

Other territories

• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Hong Kong
• Macao

Nature

• Uralbergen
• The Ural River
• the Caspian Sea
• Manytjsänkan
• Black Sea
• Bosporen
• Marmarasjön
• Dardanelles