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Asian countries

List of countries in Asia

A

• Afghanistan

• Armenia

• Azerbaijan

B

• Bahrain

• Bangladesh

• Bhutan

• Brunei

C• Cambodia• China• Cyprus

G• Georgia

I• India• Indonesia• Iran• Iraq• Israel


J• Japan• Jordan

K• Kazakhstan• Kuwait• Kyrgyzstan

L• Laos• Lebanon

M• Malaysia• Maldives

• Mongolia• Myanmar (Burma)

N• Nepal• North Korea

O• Oman

P• Pakistan• Palestine• Philippines

Q• Qatar


R• Russia

S• Saudi Arabia• Singapore• South Korea• Sri Lanka

T• Taiwan• Tajikistan• Thailand

• Timor-Leste

• Turkey

• Turkmenistan

U• United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Uzbekistan

V• Vietnam

Y• Yemen

Afghanistan افغانستان

• Motto: ال إله إال هللا، محمد رسول هللا“

Lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh, Muhammadun rasūlu llāh"• Capital: Kabul• Currency: Afghan afghani• President: Ashraf Ghani• Population: 34.66 million (2016) World Bank• Official languages: Pashto, Dari• Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is

a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.

• The country has a population of 35 million, making it the 42nd most populous country in the world.

Afghanistan افغانستان

• Location:

Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast - it also borders Gilgit-Baltistan in this region which is claimed by India.• Government:

Unitary presidential Islamic republic• Legislature:

National Assembly• Upper house

House of Elders• Lower house

House of the People

Armenia

• Capital:Yerevan

• Currency:Armenian dram

• Religion:Armenian Apostolic Church

• Government:Unitary semi-presidential republic

• Legislature:National Assembly

Armenia

• Location:

West Asia on the Armenian Highlands, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.

• Armenia is a nation, and former Soviet republic, in the mountainous Caucasus region between Asia and Europe.

• First state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion in the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.

Azerbaijan

• Capital:Baku

• Currency: Azerbaijani manat

• Official language:Azerbaijani

• Location:It is bound by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the

north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bound by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and has an 11 km long border with Turkey in the north west.

Azerbaijan

• Government:

Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic.

• Legislature:

National Assembly

• Became the first democratic state in the Muslim-oriented world.

Bahrain

• Capital: Manama

• Currency:Bahraini dinar

• Official languages:Arabic

• Religion:Islam

• Demonym:Bahraini

• GovernmentUnitary presidential constitutional monarchy

Bahrain

• Legislature:National Assembly

Upper houseConsultative Council

Lower houseCouncil of Representatives

• Location:It is an island country consisting of a small archipelago

centered around Bahrain Island, situated between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the 25 km (16 mi) King Fahd Causeway.

Bangladesh

• Capital:Dhaka

• Currency:Bangladeshi taka

• Population:163 million (2016)

• Location:It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma).

Nepal, Bhutan and China are located near Bangladesh but do not share a border with it. The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area.

Bangladesh

• Largest city:

Chittagong

• Official language and national language:

Bengali

• Religion:

90% Islam , 9.5% Hinduism, 0.3% Buddhism, 0.2% Christianity

• Demonym:

Bangladeshi

• Government:

Unitary parliamentary republic

• Legislature:

Jatiya Sangsad

Bhutan

• Capital:

Thimphu

• Currencies:

Indian rupee, Bhutanese ngultrum

• Official language:

Dzongkha

• Religion:

Buddhism

• Demonym:

Bhutanese

• Government:

Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarch

Bhutan

• Currency:Ngultrum (BTN) and Indian rupee (INR)

• Location:Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it is bordered by Tibet

Autonomous Region of China in the north, the Sikkim state of India and the Chumbi Valley of Tibet in the west, the Arunachal Pradesh state of India in the east and the Assam state of India in the south.

Brunei

• Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

• King:Hassanal Bolkiah

• Population:423,196 (2016) World Bank

• Currencies:Singapore dollar, Brunei dollar

• Official languages:Malay

Recognized:English

Brunei• Religion:

Sunni Islam

• Demonym:

Bruneian

• Government:

Unitary Islamic absolute Monarchy

• Legislature:

Legislative Council

• Location:

located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart

from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang.

Cambodia• Capital:

Phnom Penh

• Currency:

Cambodian riel


Khmer

• Religion Official:

Theravada Buddhism

• Other religions:

Islam ,Christianity other

• Demonym:

Cambodian, Kampuchean

• Government:

Unitary dominant-party parliamentary elective constitutional monarchy

Cambodia• Legislature:

ParliamentUpper house

SenateLower house

National Assembly• Location:located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

China• Capital:

Beijing• Currency:

Renminbi• Official script:

Simplified Chinese• Population:

1.379 billion (2016) World Bank• Official languages:

Mandarin Chinese, Standard Mandarin• Largest city:

Shangha

China• Demonym:

Chinese

• Government:

Unitary one-party socialist republic

• Religion of China:

Confucianism and Taoism

• Legislature:

National People's Congress

• Location:

China is a populous nation in East Asia whose vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of coastline.

Cyprus• Capital and largest city:

Nicosia• Currencies:

Euro, Cypriot pound• Official languages:

Greek, Turkish• Minority languages

Armenian, Cypriot Arabic• Demonym:

Cypriot• Government:

Unitary presidential constitutional republic• Legislature:

House of Representatives• Location:

Cyprus is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece.

Georgia• Capital:

Tbilisi• Currency:

Georgian lari• Official language:

Georgian• Continent:

Europe, Asia• Location:Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern

Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan.

Georgia

• Religion:

Georgian Orthodox Church

• Demonym:

Georgian

• Government:

Unitary semi-presidential republic

• Legislature:

Parliament

India• Capital:

New Delhi• Population:

1.324 billion (2016) World Bank• Currency:

Indian rupee• Largest city:

Mumbai• Official languages

Hindi, English• Religion:

Hinduism,Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, others• Demonym:

Indian,

India• Legislature:

Parliament of India

Upper house

Rajya Sabha

Lower house

Lok Sabha

• Government:Federal parliamentary constitutional socialist republic

• Location:

It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[f] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Indonesia

• Capital: Jakarta

• Currency:Indonesian rupiah

• Population:261.1 million (2016) World Bank

• Official language:Indonesian

• Location:located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans

Indonesia

• Religion:Islam, Christianity, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism,

Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and others• Demonym:

Indonesian• Government:


People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)Upper house

Regional Representative Council (DPD)Lower house

People's Representative Council (DPR)

Iran• Currency:

Iranian rial

• Capital and largest city:

Tehran

• Official languages:

Persian

• Religion Official:

Islam (Shia)

• Demonym:

Iranian

Iran

• Location:Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan,[a] and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan; to the north by the Caspian Sea; to the northeast by Turkmenistan; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance.• Government:

de jure:defacto, , Islamic republic, Theocratic-republican hybrid; unitary presidential republic subject to a Supreme Leader.• Legislature:

Islamic Consultative Assembly

Iraq• Capital:

Baghdad• Currency:

Iraqi dinar• Official languages:

Arabic, Kurdish• Religion:

Islam• Demonym:

Iraqi• Government:

Federal parliamentary republic• Legislature:

Council of Representatives• Location:country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

Israel• Capital and largest city:

Jerusalem Prime• Currency:

Israeli new shekel• Population:

8.547 million• Official languages:

Hebrew Arabic• Religion:

Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze, other• Demonym:

Israeli• Government:


Israel

• Legislature:

Knesset

• Location:

State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.

Japan

• Capital:Tokyo

• Currency:Japanese yen

• Population:127 million (2016) World Bank

• Official & National language: Japanese

• Religion:Shinto, Buddhism, Shinto sects, Christianity,

• Demonym:Japanese

• Government:Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Japan

• Legislature:National Diet

Upper houseHouse of Councillors

Lower houseHouse of Representatives

• Location:Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast

of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and China in the southwest.

Jordan• Capital:

Amman

• Currency:

Jordanian dinar

• King:

Abdullah II of Jordan

• Religion:

Islam

• Legislature:

Parliament

Upper house

Senate

Lower house

House of Representatives

Jordan

• Location:a sovereign Arab state in western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel and Palestine to the west. The Dead Sea lies along its western borders and the country has a small shoreline on the Red Sea in its extreme south-west, but is otherwise landlocked. Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe.• Demonym:

Jordanian• Government:

Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Kazakhstan• Capital:

Astana• Area:

2.725 million km²• Currency:

Kazakhstani tenge• Official languages:

Kazakh, Russian• Largest city:

Almaty• Demonym:

Kazakhstani• Government:

Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic

Kazakhstan

• Legislature:Parliament

Upper houseSenate

Lower houseMazhilis

• Location:Kazakhstan shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts.• Islam is the largest religion practiced in Kazakhstan

Kuwait

• Capital:Kuwait City

• Currency:Kuwaiti dinar

• Religion:Islam

• Demonym:Kuwaiti

• Government:Unitary constitutional monarchy


Kuwait

• Legislature:

National Assembly

• Location:

Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Kyrgyzstan

• Currency: Kyrgyzstani som

• Capital and largest city: Bishkek

• Official languages:Kyrgyz, Russian

• Religion:Islam, Christianity

• Legislature:Supreme Council

Kyrgyzstan

• Demonym:

Kyrgyz

• Government:


• Location:

It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east

Laos• Capital and largest city:

Vientiane• Currency:

Lao kip• Spoken languages:

Lao; Hmong; Khmu• Religion:

Buddhism 64.7%, Laotian folk religion 31.4%, Christianity 1.7%, Islam 0.8%, Other 1.3%• Demonym:

Laotian, Lao• Government:

Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic

Laos

• Legislature:

National Assembly

• Location:

landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southwest and Thailand to the west and southwest.

Lebanon• Currency:

Lebanese pound• Capital and largest city:

Beirut• Demonym:

Lebanese• Government:

Unitary parliamentary multi-confessionalist republic• Legislature:

Parliament• Location:

It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history.• Religion:Muslim 54% (27% Shia, 27% Sunni), Christian 40.5% (includes 21% Maronite Catholic, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Melkite, 1% Protestant, 5.5% other Christian), Druze 5.6%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, and Mormons.

Malaysia

• Capital: Kuala Lumpur

• Currency:Malaysian ringgit

• Religion Official:61.3% Islam

• Other religions:19.8% Buddhist, 9.2% Christian, 6.2% Hindu, 3.4% other

• Demonym:Malaysian

• Government:Federal dominant-party parliamentary elective

constitutional monarchy

Malaysia

• Legislature:Parliament

Upper houseDewan Negara

Lower houseDewan Rakyat

• Location:It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and

has a total landmass of 330,803 square kilometres (127,720 sq mi) separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand at the north and maritime borders with Singapore at the south, Vietnam at the northeast, and Indonesia in the west. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam.

Maldives

• Capital:Malé

• Currency:Maldivian rufiyaa

• Religion:Islam

• Demonym:Maldivian

• Government:Unitary presidential constitutional republic

• Legislature:People's Majlis

• Location:located in the Indian Ocean, situated in the Arabian Sea. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India.

Mongolia• Currency:

Mongolian tögrög• Capital and largest city:

Ulaanbaatar;• Religion:

Buddhism (53%), Shamanism (4%), Islam (3%)• Demonym:

Mongol Mongolian• Government:

Unitary semi-presidential republic• Legislature:

State Great Khural• Location:It is sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north. While it does not share a border with Kazakhstan

Myanmar (Burma)

• Capital:Naypyidaw


• Currency:Burmese kyat

• ReligionTheravāda Buddhism 87.9%, Christianity 6.2%, Islam

4.3%, Other 1.6%• Demonym:

Burmese / Myanma / Myanmese• Government:

Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic

Myanmar (Burma)

• Legislature:Assembly of the Union

Upper houseHouse of Nationalities

Lower houseHouse of Representatives

• Location:Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and People's Republic of China to its north and northeast. To its south, about one third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 5,876 km (3,651 mi) forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1,930 km (1,200 mi) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

Nepal

• Capital: Kathmandu

• Currency:Nepalese rupee

• Official languages:Nepali, English

• Religion:81.3% Hinduism, 9% Buddhism, 4.4% Islam, 3% Kirant, 1.4%

Christianity, 0.4% Animism, 0.5% Irreligion[3][4]• Demonym:

Nepalese• Government:

Federal parliamentary republic• Legislature:

Parliament• Location:landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia. Nepal is divided into 7 states and 77 districts

North Korea

• Capital:Pyongyang


• Currency:North Korean won

• Official languages:Korean

• Demonym:North Korean Korean

• Government:Unitary one-party Juche state Songun policy (de jure) under a totalitarian

dictatorship (de facto)• Legislature:

Supreme People's Assembly• Location:The country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok (known as the Yaluin China) and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea.

Oman• Currency:

Omani rial

• Capital and largest city:

Muscat

• Religion:

Islam

• Demonym:

Omani

• Government:

Unitary parliamentary absolute monarchy

• Legislature:

Parliament

Upper house

Council of State (Majlis al-Dawla)

Lower house

Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura)

• Location:

the country shares land borders with the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest, and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast.

Pakistan• Capital:

slamabad• Largest city:

Karachi• Official languages:

Urdu English• Religion:

96.4% Islam (Official), 3.6% others[13]• Demonym:

Pakistani• Government:

Federal parliamentary constitutional republic• Legislature:

ParliamentUpper house

SenateLower house

National Assembly• Location:Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast, respectively. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north-west, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

Palestine

• Capital: East Jerusalem

• Population:4.55 million (2014)

• Currencies:Israeli new shekel, Egyptian pound, Jordanian dinar• Largest city:

Gaza City• Official languages:

Arabic• Demonym:

Palestinian

Palestine

• Government:Unitary semi-presidential republic

• Legislature:National Council

• Location:officially the State of Palestine , is a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East claiming the West Bank (bordering Israel and Jordan) and Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt) with East Jerusalem as the designated capital although its administrative center is located in Ramallah. Most of the areas claimed by the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967 in the consequence of the Six-Day War.

Philippines

• Capital: Manila

• Currency:Philippine peso

• Official languages: English, Filipin

• Largest city:Quezon City

• Religion92% Christianity, 5.57% Islam, 2.43% others

• DemonymFilipino (masculine or neutral), Filipina (feminine), Pinoy

(colloquial masculine), Pinay (colloquial feminine), Philippine (English)

Philippines

• Location:Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.• Government:


CongressUpper house

SenateLower house

House of Representatives

Qatar

• Capital:Doha

• Currency:Qatari riyal


• Other languages:English

• Religion:Islam

• Demonym:Qatari

Qatar

• Government:Unitary constitutional monarchy

• Legislature:Consultative Assembly

• Location:A sovereign country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land borders are with Saudi Arabia to the south and the UAE to the southeast, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. An arm of the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island country of Bahrain.

Russia

• Capital:

Moscow

• Currency:

Russian ruble

• Demonym:

Russian

• Government:

Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic

• Legislature:

Federal Assembly

Upper house

Council of the Federation

Lower house

State Duma

Russia

• Religion:

Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism

• Location:

a sovereign country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometers (6,612,100 sq. mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 144 million people at the end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanized than the eastern; about 77% of the population live in European Russia.

Saudi Arabia• Capital and largest city:

Riyadh• Currency:

Saudi riyal• Religion:

Sunni Islam• Demonym:

Saudi Arabian, Saudi (informal)• Government:

Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy• Legislature:

NoneCouncil of MinistersConsultative Assembly

• Location:Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the

northeast, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south. It is separated from Israel and Egypt by the Gulf of Aqaba.

Singapore• Currency:

Singapore dollar• Official scripts:

Roman (Latin); Simplified Chinese; Tamil• Religion

31.2% Buddhism, 20.1% Christianity, 18.5% No religion, 14.0% Islam, 10.0% Taoism and folk religion, 5.0% Hinduism, 0.6% Others• Demonym:

Singaporean• Government:

Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic• Legislature:

Parliament• Location:

The Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. • Official languages:

English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil

South Korea• Capital:

Seoul• Currency:

South Korean won• Population:

51.25 million• Religion

56.9% Unregistered, 27.6% Christianity, 19.7% Protestant, 7.9% Catholic, 15.5% Korean Buddhism• Demonym

South Korean Korean• Government:

Unitary presidential constitutional republic• Official languages

Korean Sign Language, Jeju• Legislature:

National Assembly• Location:

A sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Officially, its territory consists of the whole Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands, which are largely mountainous.

Sri Lanka• Capitals:

Colombo, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte• Currency:

Sri Lankan rupee• Religion:

70.2% Buddhism, 12.6% Hinduism, 9.7% Islam, 7.4% Christianity, 0.1% Other/None• Demonym:

Sri Lankan• Government:

Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic• Location:Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located southeast of India and northeast of the Maldives.• Largest city:

Colombo• Official languages:

Sinhala Tamil

Syria• Capital:

Damascus• Currency:

Syrian pound• Population:

18.43 million• Religion:

87% Islam, 10% Christianity, 3% Druzism• Government:

Unitary semi-presidential republic• Legislature:

People's Council• Location:Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.Official languages:

Arabic

Taiwan• Capital:

Taipei• Currency:

New Taiwan dollar• Official languages:

Mandarin Chinese, Standard Mandarin• Demonym:

Taiwanese• Government:

Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic• Legislature:

Legislative Yuan• Location:

A state in East Asia. Its neighbors include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south

Tajikistan• Capital and largest city:

Dushanbe

• Inter-ethnic language:

Russian

• Currency:

Tajikistani somoni


Tajik

• Demonym:

Tajik

• Government:

Unitary dominant-party presidential republic

• Legislature:

Supreme Assembly

Upper house

National Assembly

Lower house

Assembly of Representatives

• Location:

It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present-day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

Thailand• Currency:

Thai baht• Capital and largest city:

Bangkok• Official languages

Thai• Spoken languages

Isan Kam Mueang Pak Tai• Religion

94.50% Buddhism, 4.29% Islam, 1.17% Christianity, 0.03% Hinduism, 0.01% Unaffiliated• Demonym:

Thai• Government

Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (de jure)Military junta under a constitutional monarchy (de facto

Thailand

• Legislature:

National Legislative Assembly (acting as National Assembly)

• Location:

Officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately 513,000 km2

Timor-Leste• Capital:

Dili

• Population:

1.269 million

• Currencies:

United States Dollar, East Timor centavo coins


Portuguese, Tetun

• Religion:

96.9% Roman Catholic, 3.1% other religions

• Demonym:

East Timorese

• Government:

Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic

• Legislature:

National Parliament

• Location:

A sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. Australia is the country's southern neighbor, separated by the Timor Sea. The country's size is about 15,410 km2.

Turkey• Capital:

Ankara• Currency:

Turkish lira• Demonym:

Turkish• Government:

Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic• Legislature:

Grand National Assembly• Largest city:

Istanbul• Official languages:

Turkish• Location:

country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe

Turkmenistan• Capital and largest city:

Ashgabat• Currency:

Turkmenistan manat• Inter-ethnic languages:

Russian• Official language:

Turkmen• Demonym:

Turkmen• Government:

Unitary presidential republic under an Authoritarian Regime• Legislature:

Mejlis• Location:

country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)• Capital:

Abu Dhabi• Currency:

United Arab Emirates dirham• Religion:

Islam• Demonym:

Emirati• Government:

Federal absolute monarchy• Legislature:

Federal National Council• Largest city:

Dubai• Official languages:

Arabic• Location:

Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.

Uzbekistan• Capital and largest city:

TashkentInter-• Ethnic language:

Russian• Currency:

Uzbekistani soʻm• Demonym:

Uzbek• Government:


Supreme AssemblyUpper house

SenateLower house

Legislative Chamber• Location:

Uzbekistan is bordered by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest.

Vietnam• Capital:

Hanoi

• Currency:

Vietnamese dong


Vietnamese

• Largest city:

Ho Chi Minh City

• Religion

73.2% Folk or Irreligious, 12.2% Buddhism, 8.3% Christianity, 4.8% Caodaism, 1.4% Hoahaoism, 0.1% Other religions

• Demonym:

Vietnamese

• Government:

Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic

• Legislature:

National Assembly

• Location:

Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast

Yemen• Capital:

Sana'a• Currency:

Yemeni rial• Population:

27.58 million• Official language:

Arabic• Religion:

Islam• Demonym:

Yemeni, Yemenite• Government:

Provisional government• Legislature:

House of Representatives• Location:

It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south, and Oman to the east-northeast.

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