Destination: Asia
We all are from different parts and regions of the world. Geographically, we would all be habiting one country or the other and on a large land-mass scale, one continent or the other. Asia must be a familiar name to us all as it is one of the seven continents of the world namely Africa, Asia, Arctic, Antarctic, Europe, North America and South America. Well, I would be talking about Asia as a continent and as a place of culture. Did you know that Asia has more than 2000 recognisable languages with Chinese being the most spoken ?
Asia is the largest and most populous Continent on Earth which is no surprise as it boasts of a land mass area of close to 45,000,000 square kilometres which is about 30% of the Earth's total land area that is a lot of land if you ask me habiting close to 5 billion people -
History has it that the name Asia, has several origins from being used in a Latin literature to being used to describe certain provinces as a whole ... Asia as a name is more geographic than being considered as a unit continent. It encompasses different culture, beliefs, ethnicity and factions; Asia being used to encompass them all. Asia has an arguable number of countries but has 48 countries according to the UN out of a total of 195 countries in the world. Asia is known to have a lot of billionaires who also affect and move the economy of the continent positively. The countries China,Japan,South Korea and India have reportedly made a good impression on the economy of Asia.
A stunning fact to know about Asia is that it is housed to a strange by nature desert ,The Gobi Desert, which is said to record very low temperatures. Snow has been known to fall at times in the desert, creepy right?
The continent Asia also is part of the Continental Eurasia which comprises of Europe and Asia . You can as well say Eurasia anytime you want to refer to both Europe and Asia as a continent or say Afro-Eurasia ,as you might have guessed, if you want to refer to Africa,Europe and Asia as a whole. In terms of regional division, Asia is divided into six subdivision ; North Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Western Asia, SouthEast Asia and Central Asia and it also has diverse climatic features ranging from the Sahara climatic to the more tropical climate. I as an individual and an explorer would love to visit the Continent anytime especially Japan maybe cause of my love for Animes ~ lol ~ Japan is the oldest country in Asia as well as the oldest in the world. Tokyo,Japan is the largest city in Asia and it is a city with wonderful sights to see with it different types of food delicacies, lifestyle and languages. I would say @Jane is having an amazing time as she has spent 5 years in Hong Kong and I think this previous Christmas was her last Christmas there.
Most of the world's major indigenous religions birthplace like the Christianity, Islam,Hinduism, Buddhism and many others can be traced down to Asia. I always knew the continent has many weird features and sights to see , ones worth touring like the Great Wall of China. South Korea , one of the countries in Asia has a day for single people to celebrate love more like a Valentine's day but not on the 14th of February, seems like I would feel right at home with that holiday . The Country Russia can be considered to be part of the Continental Eurasia, as it can be classified to belong to both Continent. Russia is considered to be in Europe as close to 80% of Russian populace lives in the Europe but more than 70% of Russian territory is owined to Asia.
Disclaimer: All facts said and statistics stated are based on my personal knowledge and due to researches made by me . You can DYOR .
