Asian countries slideshare

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: ‫هللا‬ ‫رسول‬ ‫محمد‬ ،‫هللا‬ ‫إال‬ ‫إله‬ ‫ال‬“
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
• Government
Unitary presidential constitutional monarchy

Bahrain
• Legislature:
National Assembly
Upper house
Consultative Council
Lower house
Council 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
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
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:
Parliament
Upper house
Senate
Lower 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
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
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
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:
• 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
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:
• Legislature:
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)
Upper house
Regional Representative Council (DPD)
Lower house
People's Representative Council (DPR)

Iran
• Currency:
Iranian rial
Tehran
Persian
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
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
Jerusalem Prime
• Currency:
Israeli new shekel
• Population:
8.547 million
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 house
House of Councillors
Lower house
• 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

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
Kazakh, Russian
• Largest city:
Almaty
• Demonym:
Kazakhstani
• Government:
Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic

Kazakhstan
• Legislature:
Parliament
Upper house
Senate
Lower house
Mazhilis
• 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
Arabic

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
Bishkek
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
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
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
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 house
Dewan Negara
Lower house
Dewan 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:
• 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
Ulaanbaatar;
• Religion:
Buddhism (53%), Shamanism (4%), Islam (3%)
• Demonym:
Mongol Mongolian
• Government:
• 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
• Population:
• Currency:
Burmese kyat
• Religion
Theravāda 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 house
House of Nationalities
Lower house
• 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
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
• Population:
• Currency:
North Korean won
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 Yalu
in China) and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea.

Oman
• Currency:
Omani rial
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
Urdu English
• Religion:
96.4% Islam (Official), 3.6% others[13]
• Demonym:
Pakistani
• Government:
Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
• Legislature:
Parliament
Upper house
Senate
Lower 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
Arabic
• Demonym:
Palestinian

Palestine
• Government:
• 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
English, Filipin
• Largest city:
Quezon City
• Religion
92% Christianity, 5.57% Islam, 2.43% others
• Demonym
Filipino (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:
• Legislature:
Congress
Upper house
Senate
Lower house

Qatar
• Capital:
Doha
• Currency:
Qatari riyal
Arabic
• 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

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
Riyadh
• Currency:
Saudi riyal
• Religion:
Sunni Islam
• Demonym:
Saudi Arabian, Saudi (informal)
• Government:
Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy
• Legislature:
None
Council of Ministers
Consultative 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.
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:
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
Sinhala Tamil

Syria
• Capital:
Damascus
• Currency:
Syrian pound
• Population:
18.43 million
• Religion:
87% Islam, 10% Christianity, 3% Druzism
• Government:
• 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
Mandarin Chinese, Standard Mandarin
• Demonym:
Taiwanese
• Government:
• 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
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
Bangkok
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:
• 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
Turkish
• Location:
country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller
portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe

Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
• Currency:
Turkmenistan manat
• Inter-ethnic languages:
Russian
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
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
TashkentInter-
• Ethnic language:
Russian
• Currency:
Uzbekistani soʻm
• Demonym:
Uzbek
• Government:
• Legislature:
Supreme Assembly
Upper house
Senate
Lower 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
Arabic
• Religion:
Islam
• Demonym:
Yemeni, Yemenite
• Government:
Provisional government
• Legislature:
• 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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