In Asia, there are several dozen countries with different political systems and living standards, with amazing and dissimilar cultures. Russia also partially belongs to Asian countries. What states does Asia Abroad include? The countries and capitals of this part of the world will be listed in the article.
What is called foreign Asia?
Territory is called the territory that is part of the world that does not apply to Russia, that is, these are all Asian countries, except Russia. In geographical literature, foreign Asia is divided into four large regions. So, they distinguish Central, Eastern, Southern and Front (Western). North Asia is Russian territory, and foreign Asia, of course, does not belong to it. The countries and capitals of this part of the world are completely different from each other, they are unique and inimitable.
Foreign Asia: countries and capitals
The table below gives an alphabetical list of countries of foreign Asia with the names of capitals.
Foreign Asia: countries and capitalsCountry | Asia region | Capital | Official language |
Abkhazia | Western | Sukhum | Abkhazian, Russian |
Azerbaijan | Western | Baku | Azerbaijani |
Armenia | Western | Yerevan | Armenian |
Afghanistan | Western | Kabul | give, pashto |
Bangladesh | South | Dhaka | Bengal |
Bahrain | Front | Manama | Arab |
Brunei | South | Bandar Seri Begawan | Malay |
Butane | South | Thimphu | dzong ke |
Vietnam | South | Hanoi | Vietnamese |
Georgia | Front | Tbilisi | Georgian |
Israel | Front | Tel Aviv | hebrew arabic |
India | South | New Delhi | hindi english |
Indonesia | South | Jakarta | Indonesian |
Jordan | Front | Amman | Arab |
Iraq | Front | Baghdad | arabic, kurdish |
Iran | Front | Tehran | Farsi |
Yemen | Front | Sana'a | Arab |
Kazakhstan | Central | Astana | Kazakh, Russian |
Cambodia | South | Phnom penh | Khmer |
Qatar | Front | Doha | Arab |
Cyprus | Front | Nicosia | greek, turkish |
Kyrgyzstan | Central | Bishkek | Kyrgyz, Russian |
China | East | Beijing | Chinese |
Kuwait | Front | Kuwait | Arab |
Laos | South | Vientiane | Laotian |
Lebanon | Front | Beirut | Arab |
Malaysia | South | Kuala lumpur | Malaysian |
Maldives | South | Male | maldivian |
Mongolia | East | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolian |
Myanmar | South | Yangon | Burmese |
Nepal | South | Kathmandu | Nepali |
United Arab Emirates | Front | Abu Dhabi | Arab |
Oman | Front | Muscat | Arab |
Pakistan | South | Islamabad | urdu |
Saudi Arabia | Front | Riyadh | Arab |
North Korea | East | Pyongyang | Korean |
Singapore | South asia | Singapore | Malay, Tamil, Chinese, English |
Syria | Front | Damascus | Arab |
Tajikistan | Central | Dushanbe | Tajik |
Thailand | South asia | Bangkok | Thai |
Turkmenistan | Central | Ashgabat | Turkmen |
Turkey | Front | Ankara | Turkish |
Uzbekistan | Central | Tashkent | Uzbek |
Philippines | South asia | Manila | Tagalog |
Sri Lanka | South asia | Colombo | Sinhala, Tamil |
South Korea | East | Seoul | Korean |
South Ossetia | Front | Tskhinval | Ossetian, Russian |
Japan | East | Tokyo | Japanese |
Developed countries of foreign Asia and their capital
Among the most highly developed countries in the world is Singapore (the capital is Singapore). This is a small island state with a high standard of living, which is mainly engaged in the production of electronics for export.
Japan (the capital of Tokyo), also engaged in the creation of electronic equipment, is among the ten most prosperous countries in the world. Almost all countries of foreign Asia and their capitals are rapidly developing. For example, Qatar, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan are among the five fastest growing (in terms of GDP growth) economies in the world.
Not everyone to be in front ...
The least developed countries of foreign Asia and their capital: Bangladesh (capital - Dhaka), Bhutan (capital - Thimphu), Nepal (capital - Kathmandu). These and some other countries cannot boast neither a high standard of living, nor special achievements in industry. Nevertheless, foreign Asia (countries and capitals are listed in the table above) plays an important role in the global economy. The largest financial centers are located in the largest part of the world on the planet: Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore.