Welcome to Asia

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General Description :Asia is the globe's most impressive and largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface location (or 29.4% of its land area) Chiefly in the eastern and northern hemispheres, Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia - with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe - lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.

History: Within its historical application the term Central Asia designates an location that is considerably larger compared to the heartland of the Asian continent. Were it not for the awkwardness of the term, it would be better to speak of Central Eurasia, comprising all those parts of the huge Eurasian landmass that did not develop a distinguishedsedentary civilization of his or her own. But the real boundaries of Central Asia are and have always been determined at any and all given time in rich history by the relationship in the range of the "civilized" and the "barbarian"-the two opposed but complementary.

Climate: Asia stretches about 5,000 miles from north of the Arctic Circle to south of the equator. From east to west Asia stretches closely halfway across world. Note that this vast location has to this day the majority of unique kinds of climate. Asia has to this day many of the coldest and many of the hottest, many of the wettest and many of the driest places on earth.

Trade in region : Asia has to this day three primary financial centres: Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo. Call centres and business process outsourcing (BPOs) are and have always been becoming major employers in India and the Philippines due to the availability of a larger than normal pool of highly-skilled, English-speaking workers. Did you know that the significantly increased use of outsourcing has to this day assisted the rise of India and China as financial centres. Due to its larger than normal and extremely competitive information technology industry, India has to this day become a major hub for outsourcing.

Description of Population It is noted that the U.S. Census Bureau calculated that in 1998 Asia's population reached 3,363,431,000 people. Did you know that the following chart breaks that population down ...