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Question
What are the six regional divisions of Asia?
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Solution
The six regional divisions of Asia are :
- East Asia — It consists of China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Mongolia.
- North Russia — It includes the Asian part of Russia (Siberia and the Russian far East).
- Central Asia — It consists of several landlocked countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.
- South-East Asia — The countries of South-East Asia fall into two different sections. The northern part consists of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar. The Southern part consists of the island countries of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, and the Philippines.
- South Asia — It consists of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and the island country of Maldives. ‘
- West Asia — It comprises of Armenia, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Yemen, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Lebanon, Oman, Cyprus, Syria, Turkey, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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