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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world in both, area and population.

Area:

43,810,582 km² (16,915,360.3 sq mi).

Population:

Almost 4 billion human inhabitants, about 60 percent of the world's population.

Highest Point:

Sagarmatha (Chomolungma; Mount Everest) 8848m (29,028 ft), Nepal.

Largest Lakes:

1.Caspian Sea (salt lake) 371, 000 km2 (143, 250 mi2)
2.Ozero Baykal, Lake Baikal 31, 500 km2 in Siberia is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume.

Longest River:

Yangtze (Yángzî Jiang) China, 6380 km (3,964 mi).

Languages of Asia:

Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian.

Countries In Asia

Eastern Asia

Country-------Capital

China-----------Beijing
China-----------Hong Kong
China---------- Macau
China-----------Tibet
Japan-----------Tokyo
Korea(North)-----P'yongyang
Korea(South)----Seoul
Mongolia---------Ulaanbaatar
Taiwan-----------Taipei

Northern Asia

Russian Federation--Moscow
Central- Asia
Iran-----------------Teheran

Kazakhstan----------Astana
Kyrgyzstan----------Bishkek