Category:Asia: Difference between revisions

'''Category: Asia''' — the {{tag|continent}} of '''Asia''' is primarily on the northern hemisphere of planet {{tag|Earth}}.  Asia consists of many [[:Category:Country|countries]], including [[:Category:Russia|Russia]] (RUS), the [[:Category:China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC), some states of the former Soviet Union (CCCP) that are now independent countries in their own right (other former Soviet states are now part of Europe).  The large sub-continent of India is also part of Asia (geographically south Asia), and contains the countries [[:Category:India|India]], [[:Category:Pakistan|Pakistan]], and [[:Category:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], the Himalayan countries [[:Category:Nepal|Nepal]] and [[:Category:Bhutan|Bhutan]].  Other major Asian land-masses are the [[:Category:Korea|Korean]] peninsula containing [[:Category:North Korea|North Korea]] and [[:Category:South Korea|South Korea]]; the Malayan peninsula which includes [[:Category:Myanmar|Myanmar]] (formerly known as Burma), [[:Category:Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[:Category:Malaysia|Malaysia]], [[:Category:Vietnam|Vietnam]], Laos, and the city state [[:Category:Singapore|Singapore]].  Island nations belonging to Asia include [[:Category:Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[:Category:Japan|Japan]], the [[:Category:Philippines|Philippines]], [[:Category:Taiwan|Taiwan]], and more.

Other northern hemisphere continents include [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:North and Central America|North and Central America]], and part of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]].

Ideally, this top-tier 'mother' [[Special:Categories|category]] should be empty, containing only sub-categories, <u>unless</u> an individual [[wiki]] site clearly refers to the entire continent (or significant majority) of Asia.

 

*[http://CommonLII.org/resources/55905.html Commonwealth Legal Information Institute – Asia] — free access to Commonwealth and Common Law, at CommonLII.org