Continents

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Continents

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


South-Central Asia

Afghanistan---------Kabul
Bangladesh----------Dhaka
Bhutan--------------Thimphu
India----------------New Delhi
Iran-----------------Teheran
Kazakhstan----------Astana
Kyrgyzstan----------Bishkek
Maldives------------Male
Nepal---------------Kathmandu
Pakistan------------Islamabad
Sri Lanka-----------Colombo
Tajikistan-----------Dushanbe
Turkmenistan-------Ashgabat
Uzbekistan----------Tashkent


South-East Asia

Brunei Darussalam----Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia------------Phnom Penh
Indonesia------------Jakarta
Laos-----------------Vientiane
Malaysia--------------Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar (Burma)-----Naypyidaw
Philippines------------Manila
Singapore------------Singapore
Thailand--------------Bangkok
Timor-Leste-----------Dili
Viet Nam--------------Hanoi

Western Asia and Middle East

Armenia---------------Yerevan
Azerbaijan-------------Baku
Bahrain----------------Manama
Cyprus-----------------Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Georgia----------------T'bilisi
Iraq--------------------Baghdad
Israel-------------------Jerusalem
Jordan------------------Amman
Kuwait------------------Kuwait (City)
Lebanon----------------Beirut
Oman-------------------Muscat
Palestine----------------Jerusalem
Qatar-------------------Doha (Al-Dawhah)
Saudi Arabia-------------Riyadh
Syria--------------------Damascus
Turkey------------------Ankara
United Arab Emirates-----Abu Dhabi
Yemen-------------------Sanaa



Africa

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in both area and population.

Area:

About 30, 244, 000 km² (11, 700 000 mi²) including its adjacent islands.
It covers about 20 percent of Earth's total land area.

Population:

900,000,000, about 20 percent of the world's population.

Highest Point:

Mount Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Peak on the volcano Kibo, 5,895 m (19,340 ft) in Tanzania.

Largest Lake:

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza; 68,870 sq km.

Longest River:

Nile. 6,695 km.

Languages of Africa:

About thousand languages classified in four major language families:
Afro-Asiatic (e.g. Berber lang), Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo (Bantu), and Khoi-San.


Countries in Africa


Eastern Africa

Burundi---------------Bujumbura
Comoros--------------Moroni
Djibouti---------------Djibouti
Eritrea----------------Asmara
Ethiopia---------------Addis Ababa
Kenya-----------------Nairobi
Madagascar-----------Antananarivo
Malawi----------------Lilongwe
Mauritius--------------Port Louis
Mozambique-----------Maputo
Réunion---------------Saint-Denis
Rwanda---------------Kigali
Seychelles------------Victoria
Somalia---------------Mogadishu
Tanzania--------------Dar es Salaam
Uganda---------------Kampala
Zambia----------------Lusaka
Zimbabwe-------------Harare

Central Africa (Middle Africa)


Angola----------------Luanda
Cameroon-------------Yaoundé
Central African Republic--Bangui
Chad------------------N'Djamena
Congo, Rep.(Brazzaville)--Brazzaville
Congo, Dem. Rep.(Kinshasa)--Kinshasa
Equatorial Guinea-------Malabo
Gabon------------------Libreville
São Tomé and Príncipe---São Tomé


Northern Africa

Algeria------------------Algiers
Egypt-------------------Cairo
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya---Tripoli
Morocco-----------------Rabat
Sudan-------------------Khartoum
Tunisia------------------Tunis
Western Sahara


Southern Africa


Botswana----------------Gaborone
Lesotho------------------Maseru
Namibia------------------Windhoek
South Africa--------------Pretoria
Swaziland----------------Mbabane



Western Africa


Benin---------------------Porto-Novo
Burkina Faso--------------Ouagadougou
Cape Verde---------------Praia
Côte d'Ivoire--------------Yamoussoukro
Gambia,-------------------The Banjul
Ghana---------------------Accra
Guinea---------------------Conakry
Guinea-Bissau--------------Bissau
Liberia---------------------Monrovia
Mali-----------------------Bamako
Mauritania-----------------Nouakchott
Niger----------------------Niamey
Nigeria--------------------Abuja
Saint Helena---------------Jamestown
Senegal-------------------Dakar
Sierra Leone---------------Freetown
Togo----------------------Lomé



Europe

Area:

10,180,000 km² (3,930,000 sq mi)

Population:

712,000,000

Highest Point:

1. El'brus in Russia, (5,642 m/18,510 ft)
2. Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 4,807m (15,771 ft)

Largest Lake:

Lake Balaton Hungary, largest lake of Central Europe, 592 km².

Longest Rivers:

1. Volga 3,690 km (2,293 miles)
2. Danube 2850 km (1770 miles)

Languages of Europe:

English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Nordic Languages, East European languages.


Countries In Europe

Eastern Europe

Belarus ---------------------Minsk
Bulgaria---------------------Sofia
Czech Republic--------------Prague
Hungary--------------------Budapest
Moldova--------------------Chisinau
Poland----------------------Warsaw
Romania--------------------Bucharest
Russian Federation----------Moscow
Slovakia--------------------Bratislava
Ukraine---------------------Kiev


Northern Europe

Denmark--------------------Copenhagen
Estonia---------------------Tallinn
Faroe Islands (Denmark)-----Tórshavn
Finland ---------------------Helsinki
Greenland (Denmark) --------Nuuk (Godthab)
Iceland----------------------Reykjavik
Ireland ----------------------Dublin (City)
Latvia-----------------------Riga
Lithuania--------------------Vilnius
Northern Ireland (UK)--------Belfast
Norway---------------------Oslo
Scotland (UK) --------------Edinburgh
Sweden -------------------Stockholm
United Kingdom -------------London
Wales (UK) -----------------Cardiff


Southern Europe

Albania---------------------Tirana
Andorra--------------------Andorra la Vella
Bosnia and Herzegovina ----Sarajevo
Croatia (Hrvatska) ---------Zagreb
Cyprus --------------------Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Gibraltar (UK) --------------Gibraltar
Greece---------------------Athens
Holy See (Vatican City State) -----Vatican City
Italy ----------------------Rome
Macedonia ----------------Skopje
Malta ---------------------Valletta
Montenegro ---------------Podgorica
Portugal ------------------Lisbon
San Marino ---------------San Marino
Serbia --------------------Belgrade
Slovenia ------------------Ljubljana
Spain ---------------------Madrid
Turkey -------------------Ankara


Western Europe

Austria -------------------Vienna
Belgium-------------------Brussels
France--------------------Paris
Germany------------------Berlin
Liechtenstein--------------Vaduz
Luxembourg ---------------Luxembourg
Monaco -------------------Monaco
Netherlands ---------------Amsterdam
Switzerland ---------------Bern





Americas and the Caribbean

Area:

North America: 24,709,000 km² (9,540,000 sq mi)

Central America and the Caribbean: 20, 720, 000 km2 (8, 000, 000 mi2);

South America: 17, 900, 000 km2 (6, 900, 000 mi2)

Population:

North America: 329 million;

Central America and the Caribbean (incl. Mexico): 186 million

South America: 382,000,000

Highest Point:

Aconcagua, 6959 m (22,831 ft), Mendoza, Argentina.

Largest Lake:

Lake Superior, surface area 82,000 km2 (32,000 mi2), larger than Panama.

Longest River:

Rio Amazonas (Amazon), 6, 296 km (3, 912 mi), South America.

Languages of the Americas:

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, various native Indian languages, French patois, Creole.


Central America

Belize--------------------Belmopan
Costa Rica ---------------San José
El Salvador---------------San Salvador
Guatemala ---------------Guatemala (City)
Honduras-----------------Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua ----------------Managua
Panama ------------------Panama (City)


South America

Argentina-----------------Buenos Aires
Bolivia--------------------La Paz
Brazil---------------------Brasilia
Chile---------------------Santiago
Colombia-----------------Bogotá D.C.
Ecuador------------------Quito
French Guiana------------Cayenne
Guyana------------------Georgetown
Paraguay-----------------Asunción
Peru---------------------Lima
Suriname----------------Paramaribo
Uruguay-----------------Montevideo
Venezuela---------------Caracas


North America

Canada------------------Ottawa
Mexico-------------------Mexico (City)
United States------------Washington D.C


Caribbean

Anguilla-------------------The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda ------Saint John's
Aruba --------------------Oranjestad
Bahamas -----------------Nassau
Barbados -----------------Bridgetown
Bermuda ------------------Hamilton
British Virgin Islands--------Road Town
Cayman Islands -----------George Town
Cuba ---------------------Havana
Dominica ------------------Roseau
Dominican Republic --------Santo Domingo
Grenada ------------------Saint George's
Guadeloupe ---------------Basse-Terre
Haiti ----------------------Port-au-Prince
Jamaica -------------------Kingston
Martinique -----------------Fort-de-France
Netherlands Antilles --------Willemstad
Puerto Rico ----------------San Juan
Saint Kitts and Nevis -------Basseterre
Saint Lucia ----------------Castries
Trinidad and Tobago --------Port-of-Spain
US Virgin Islands -----------Charlotte Amalie



Australia and Oceania


The region of Oceania includes Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, New Guinea, and New Zealand,
and when it is used as the name of a continent it also includes Australia.

Sometimes this continent is only called "Australia", and a few people call it Australasia.


Area:

9,008,458 km² (3,478,185.1 sq mi)

Population:

33 million

Highest Point:

Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid 4884 m/16 023 ft), Papua Province, Indonesia

Largest Lake:

Lake Eyre, Australia

Longest River:

Murray-Darling river system 3750 km (2300 mi)

Languages of Oceania:

English, French, Melanesian pidgin, Melanesian-Polynesian Languages.


Australia and New Zealand

Australia----------------------Canberra
New Zealand------------------Wellington

Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania.

Fiji --------------------------Suva
New Caledonia ---------------Nouméa
Papua New Guinea------------Port Moresby
Solomon Islands--------------Honiara
Vanuatu----------------------Port-Vila

Micronesia, the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania.

Guam-------------------------Hagåtña (Agana)
Kiribati------------------------Tarawa
Marshall Islands----------------Majuro
Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia)-----------Palikir
Nauru-------------------------None
Northern Mariana Islands-------Saipan
Palau--------------------------Melekeok

Polynesia, the islands in the eastern part of Oceania.

American Samoa----------------Pago Pago
Cook Islands--------------------Avarua
French Polynesia (Tahiti)--------Papeete
Niue---------------------------Alofi
Pitcairn -----------------------Adamstown
Samoa-------------------------Apia
Tonga-------------------------Nuku'alofa
Tuvalu-------------------------Funafuti