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Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. Country / dependency. %. total. Asia area. in km 2 (mi 2) 1. Russia.
001 – World. a With population over 500,000 people. Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, [ 4] and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
With a population of 515,132 in the 2022 census, it is the 2nd least populous country in Asia and the ninth-smallest country in the world by area. Malé is the capital and the most populated city, traditionally called the "King's Island", where the ancient royal dynasties ruled from its central location. [11]
Uzbekistan, [a] officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, [b] is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.It is surrounded by five countries: Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, making it one of only two doubly landlocked countries on Earth, the other being Liechtenstein.
Kiribati is a member of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), an intergovernmental organisation of low-lying coastal and small island countries. Established in 1990, the main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global warming.
Tajikistan is landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area. It lies mostly between latitudes 36° and 41° N , and longitudes 67° and 75° E . It is covered by mountains of the Pamir range, and most of the country is over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above sea level .
Tuvalu. / 8.517°S 179.200°E / -8.517; 179.200. Tuvalu ( / tuːˈvɑːluː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo ), [ 7] formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.
The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent, Iranian Plateau, Arabian peninsula, as well as a piece of the North American plate in Siberia.