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Asia

part of terrestrial continent, mainly in the northeastern quadrant
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Summary

Asia is a continent[1]. Asia draws 71,555 Wikipedia views per month (continent category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: part of the world[3], region[4]
  • Shares border with: Europe[5], Africa[6]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .asia[7]
  • Named after: Asia[8]
  • Part of: Earth[9], Eurasia[10], Afro-Eurasia[11], Ostfeste[12], Afro-Asia[13]
  • Commons category: Asia[14]
  • Located in time zone: Nepal Standard Time[15], Sri Lanka Standard Time[16], Philippine Standard Time[17], Magadan Time[18], Armenia Time[19], Hong Kong Time[20], Indian Standard Time[21], Vladivostok Time[22], Korea Standard Time[23], Japan Standard Time[24], Asia/Thimphu[25], UTC+06:00[26], time in China[27], Eastern European Time[28]
  • Has part(s): East Asia[29], Southeast Asia[30], Central Asia[31], South Asia[32], Middle East[33], North Asia[34], West Asia[35]
  • Highest point: Mount Everest[36]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Eastern Hemisphere[37]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Asia[38]
  • Commons gallery: Asia[39]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Asia include water buffalo[40], a taxon[41]; Afroasiatic[42], a language family[43], founded in -7000[44]; Anoplophora glabripennis[45], a taxon[46]; Eurasian Basin[47], an oceanic basin[48]; Pristolepis[49], a taxon[50]; and Asiatic Society of Japan[51], an organization[52], in Japan[53], founded in 1872[54].

Why It Matters

Asia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Asia is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for Asia include water buffalo[40], a taxon[41]; Afroasiatic[42], a language family[43], founded in -7000[44]; Anoplophora glabripennis[45], a taxon[46]; Eurasian Basin[47], an oceanic basin[48]; Pristolepis[49], a taxon[50]; and Asiatic Society of Japan[51], an organization[52], in Japan[53], founded in 1872[54].

Related Entities

Abakan Abbasid Caliphate Abu Dhabi Afghanistan Agra Alazani Alazeya Aldan Amani Library Amu Darya Anabar Anadyr Angara Annapurna Aragvi River Aras River Argun River Armenia Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Asian Disaster Reduction Center Azerbaijan Bahrain Bahrain and its Dependencies Baikal Mountains Ballary Bangka Island Bangkok Bangladesh Beijing

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . megabook.ru. megabook.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . spiegel.de. spiegel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', '
    P14968 → 1900
    Sitelink count → 364
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14968: Q2034"
  2. 18d ago · Sapper-bot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 364
    Wikidata description → part of terrestrial continent, mainly in the northeastern quadrant
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Lowest point: Dead Sea, Update Asia lowest point elevation"
  3. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J-global id → 200906077014623441
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906077014623441, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262043719|Asia (#262043719)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL technic"
  4. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000600
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  5. 5w ago · Astirmays · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikikids id → Azië
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikikids id: Azië, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312941732|Azië (#312941732)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8336|WikiKids]] #mix'n'match"
  6. 8w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 74.21
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Archive of our own tag: Asia"
  7. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Asia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Asia, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  8. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Glass Key award
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27170, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  9. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lille norske leksikon id → Asia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Lille norske leksikon id: Asia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/166538112|Asia (#166538112)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6325|Lille norske leksikon]] "
  10. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 2009
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 2009, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167475019|ASIA (#167475019)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
  11. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Asien
    P14541 → 2NtVqS
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40836|batch #40836]]: ZGBK ID"
  12. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0343899-Asie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0343899-Asie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  13. 22w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → asia
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: asia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914165|asia (#289914165)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  14. 24w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||dtp, mad, kge, als, to, bar, zh-yue, mzn, cu, fiu-vro, pfl, om, stq, ang, za, olo, gag, chy, hak, bbc, li, tly, pag, simple, no, shi, vls, ace, iu, arz, avk, "
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