De prachtige historische landstreek Kasjmir

Het noordelijke deel van de historische landstreek Kasjmir ligt in de Noordelijke Gebieden in Pakistan. Het zuidelijke deel van Kasjmir ligt in de noordelijkste deelstaat Jammu en Kasjmir in India. Twee stukken van Kasjmir behoren tot China.

De deelstaat Jammu en Kasjmir in India

Jammu en Kasjmir is een van de 28 deelstaten van India. Het is de noordelijkste deelstaat van het land. Er wonen ruim 10 miljoen mensen en er zijn twee hoofdsteden. In de zomer is Srinagar de hoofdstad en in de winter, van november tot april, is Jammu de hoofdstad. Jammu en Kashmir in India

De Noordelijke Gebieden in Pakistan en Gilgit

De Noordelijke Gebieden heten officieel de Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA). Het is het noordelijkste gebied van de door Pakistan bestuurde Kasjmir. Er wonen ongeveer 1,5 miljoen mensen en de hoofdstad is Gilgit. Er zijn zes districten. (Wordt vervolgd)

Small island countries seek action on climate change at UN conference

Small island States called on industrialized countries to take a leadership role at the Bali Climate Change Conference and adopt targets to keep the world from warming past the point where catastrophic impacts would occur, according to a UN statement on Sunday.
Maldiven en klimaat

Jump in global sea trade driven by Asian demand

Pushed by surging demand in Asia, international trade carried by ship climbed 4.3 per cent to over 7 billion tons in 2006, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in an account released Friday.
Increase of sea trade

Shanghai in China and travel information

Shanghai is a municipality-level district in China. The city is located on the east coast of China in the Yangtze River Delta. Shanghai has the biggest trade port in the world, and in the city and the vicinity of it are abundant beautiful scenic spots to visit.

Information about Asia

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth’s total surface area or 29.4% of its land area.

With almost 4 billion people it contains more than 60% of the world’s current human population.

Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia, with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe.

It is located east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.

It is bounded to the to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the Indian Ocean.

Given its size and diversity, Asia can be seen more as a cultural concept incorporating a number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity.