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Welcome to what-is-asian, your guide to Asia. Whether you are from some other continent or from Asia, there is a lot to explore about Asia. It has amazing cultural and geographic diversity and its amazing facts will blow your mind.

Asia

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Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world.It is surrounded by Europe and Africa to its West, Indian Ocean in its South, and North America in the East. West Asia has some of the highest temperatures on the planet as a result of its warm desert climate.Iraq and Iran having recorded temperatures more than 71 degrees(enough to cause severe burns to our body in less than a second) Celsius making it the highest recorded temperature on the planet..On the other hand, two Russian towns Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon was recorded as -67.7 degrees Celsius making Asia the home to the worlds coldest populated place on planet after Antarctica(Antarctica is not populated by houses but research centers).

The different atmospheres of Asia additionally enable it to have a wide range of land highlights, for example, mountains, streams, and rivers.The Himalayas, is the tallest mountain range in the world and its highest peak, Mount Everest, is the tallest mountain on planet.Asia is also the home to the world's driest and wettest places.The driest places on Earth are the desert of West Asia i.e. the steppes of Central Asia, and parts of China and Mongolia.On the opposite side, the northeast Indian village of Mawsynram is the wettest place onPlanet, with an average of 467.4 inches of 11,872 millimeters of precipitation every year.Asia is also home and origin of many religions.The most popular religion in Asia is Islam with about 1.1 billion followers and 25% of the worlds population

Demographics



Asia is by far the most populated continent on the planet with around 62% of the global population.It is home to roughly 4.4 billion people out of 7.1 billion people living on this planet.Hence it have world most populous countries namely China (1.4 billion people), India (1.3 billion people), Indonesia (259 million people), and Pakistan (193 million people).Asia is home to a great number of languages.The most widely spoken language on the continent is official language of China, spoken by 1.3 billion people while English is internationally popular throughout Asia.India’s official language Hindi with roughly 400 million speakers is second-most widely spoken language of Asia.

The second-largest religion in Asia is Hinduism with roughly 1 billion adherents. India and Nepal have most Hindu followers ,followed by over 80% of their population.Christianity is also widely popular in Asia is popular in countries Armenia, Georgia, and Russia following various Orthodox churches, East Timor and the Philippines.Other religions in Asia include Sikhism and Jainism in India and Pakistan, Judaism and Zoroastrianism (the first Iranian religion).


Why the Word "Asia"



The English word "Asia" was initially an idea of Greek civilization. The place name "Asia" in different structures in a substantial number of present day dialects is of obscure extreme provenience. According to Wikipedia Pliny was one of the first writers to use word Asia.



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