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Asian Countries Capitals and Currencies – Complete list of all countries of Asia. Also
read some interesting facts about Asia.

Asia is the World’s largest continent – 43,810,582 km². covering approximately

30% of the Earth’s land and 8.66% of the Earth’s surface.
It is bordered by the Ural Mountains to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the
Pacific Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the south.

Asian Countries Capitals &

Currencies
COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE

Abkhazia Sukhumi Russian Georgian

ruble Abkhaz
Russian

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Pashto

Dari
(Persian)

Akrotiri and Episkopi Euro English

Dhekelia Cantonment Greek

Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian

Azerbaijan Baku Manat Azerbaijani

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COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY OFFICIAL

LANGUAGE

Bahrain Manama Bahraini Arabic

dinar

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bengali

Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum Dzongkha

British Indian Diego Garcia US dollar English

Ocean Kingdom UK pound
Territory

Brunei Bandar Seri Brunei dollar Bahasa Melayu

Begawan

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer

China Beijing Renminbi Standard

(yuan) Chinese

Christmas Flying Fish Australian English

Island Cove dollar

Cocos West Island English

(Keeling)
Islands

Cyprus Nicosia Euro Greek

Turkish 
East Timor Dili US Dollar Portuguese
(Timor-Leste) Tetum

Georgia Tbilisi Lari Georgian

Hong Kong Special Hong Kong English

administrative dollar Cantonese
region of
China

India New Delhi Rupee Hindi

English

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian

Iran Tehran Rial Persian

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinar Kurdish

Arabic

Israel Jerusalem New shekel Hebrew

Arabic

Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese

Jordan Amman Jordanian Arabic

dinar

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COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY OFFICIAL

LANGUAGE

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Kazakh

Russian

Kurdistan Erbil Dinar Kurdish

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Arabic

dinar

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Kyrgyz

Russian

Laos Vientiane Kip Lao

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese Arabic

pound

Macau Special Macanese Portuguese

administrative pataca Cantonese
region of
China

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Malaysian

Maldives Malé Maldivian Maldivian

rufiyaa

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög Mongolian

Myanmar Naypyidaw Kyat Burmese

(Burma)

Nagorno- Stepanakert Armenian Armenian

Karabakh dram

Nepal Kathmandu Nepales Nepali

rupee

Northern Nicosia Turkis Turkish

Cyprus lira

North Korea Pyongyang North Korean

Korean won

Oman Muscat Rial Arabic

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani English

Rupee Urdu

Palestine Jerusalem Israeli shekel Arabic

Philippines Manila Philippine Filipino

Peso English

Qatar Doha Riyal Arabic

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal Arabic

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COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY OFFICIAL

LANGUAGE

Singapore Singapore Singapore English

dollar Chinese
Malay
Tamil

South Korea Seoul South Korean

Korean won

South Ossetia Tskhinvali Russian Ossetic

ruble Georgian
Russian

Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lankan Sinhala

rupee Tamil

Syria Damascus Syrian pound Arabic

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Standard

dollar Chinese

Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Tajik

Thailand Bangkok Baht Thai

Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Turkish

Turkmeni- Ashgabat Turkmen new Turkmen

stan manat

United Arab Abu Dhabi UAE dirham Arabic

Emirates

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan Uzbek

som (O’zbekiston
so’mi)

Vietnam Hanoi đồng Vietnamese

Yemen Sana’a Yemeni rial Arabic

Area : 44,579,000 sq. km.Facts About Asian Continent

Countries : 48
Literacy Rate : 65.5%
Largest Country : China
Highest Peak : Mount Everest, 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level
Lowest Point : Dead Sea, 422 meters (1,384.5 feet) below sea level
Principal Religions : Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Shintoism, Taoism,
Zoroastrianism
Major Languages : Chinese, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Punjabi, Javanese, Korean

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 The word ‘Asia‘ originated from an Ancient Greek word

‘Ασία‘, first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BC) in
reference to Anatolia, or for the purposes of describing the
Persian Wars, to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece
and Egypt.

It originally referred to the east bank of the Aegean Sea, an area known to the Hittites
as ‘Assuwa‘.
It could have originated from an Aegean root ‘Asis‘, which means “muddy and silty”.
It derived from a borrowed Semitic root ‘Asu‘, which means “rising” or “light,” which
refers to the sunrise, Asia thus meaning ‘Eastern Land’.
In Greek mythology, “Asia” (Ἀσία) or “Asie” (Ἀσίη) was the name of a Nymph or Titan
goddess of Lydia.

 Ancient continent name: Assuwa has been suggested as

the origin for the name of the continent “Asia.”

Population: Most Populous Continent – Approximately 4.1 billion people (60% of the
world’s current human population) live in Asia.

Location: Asia is the world’s largest continent and is traditionally defined as a part of the
landmass of Eurasia—with the western portion of Eurasia occupied by Europe. Asia
occupies the eastern part of the Eurasian landmass and the adjacent islands and is
separated from Europe by the Ural Mountains.

It is located to the east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of
the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and
on the north by the Arctic Ocean

Economy and Currencies: Asia has the second largest nominal GDP of all continents
after Europe but the largest when measured in (Purchase Power Parity)PPP. The largest
economies in Asia are China, Japan, India, South Korea, and Indonesia. Speaking of
currency, there are different kinds of currencies used across Asia.

Languages: Asia is home to several language families and many language isolates. Most
Asian countries have more than one language that is natively spoken.

More than 780 languages spoken in India

More than 700 living languages are spoken in Indonesia
More than 170 indigenous languages are spoken in the Philippines
China has many languages and dialects in various provinces

Colonization: Colonization in Asia traces its roots back to the late 15th century with a
series of voyages that sought a sea passage to India in the hope of establishing direct
spice trade between Europe and Asia. Before 1500, European economies were largely
self-sufficient, only supplemented by minor trade with Asia and Africa. Within the next
century, however, European and Asian economies were slowly becoming integrated
through the rise of new global trade routes.

Important facts About Asia:

The polymath Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, dramatist, and writer from
Santiniketan, now in West Bengal, India, became in 1913 the first Asian Nobel

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laureate.
.The highest point in the World, is Mount Everest (8,848 m), situated in the Tibetan
region of the Himalayas.
The longest river in Asia and third longest in the World is the Yangtze (6,211 km)
which flows through China.
The largest desert in Asia is the Gobi desert measuring 281,800 km².
All the popular religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Budism) are rooted in Asia.
90% of the rice on the earth is consumed in Asian countries
Contrary to common belief, most of the tigers live in Asia, not in Africa.
Indonesia is the largest country composed of islands. There are 17,508 islands
around the country and 6,000 of these islands are inhabited by people.
From the 7,000 year old Sumer civilization in Mesopotamia to the 6,000 year old
Indus Valley Civilization in India, ancient culture is rich in Asia.
India is known to be the Highest producer of mangoes in the world, with close to 12
million tons each year.
In Vietnam, people measure their age according to the number of Vietnamese New
Years (aka Tets) they have lived. This brings it to the fact that all Vietnamese share
the same birthday.
The first ever farmers and merchants were Asians.
Asians were the first to use ‘writing’ as an activity.

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