Interesting Facts About Asia – Amazing Facts About Asia

August 19, 2010 admin Facts, 4

* Asia is the largest continent by landmass. The land area of Asia is actually larger than the land area of the moon.

* In China live 1.3 billion of people and in India 1.1 billion. More than half of Asia’s population lives in this 2 countries. India should take over China in period of 30 years.

* Asia has a population of over 4 billion people or better than 60% of the world’s population. This many people standing side by side holding hands would reach around the world at the equator more than 100 times.

* Asia is also the largest continent in size and population with a population that is over half the Earth’s population most is in China.

* Asia is home to the birth of the human species and civilization. Somewhere near where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet.

* In South Asia live more Muslims than in the whole Middle East, yet Muslims in South Asia is less than 15% of total population.

* In Vietnam, it’s against the law to put your hands in your pockets while visiting Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum in Hanoi.

* In Thailand barbers are usually closed on Wednesday because Thais think it will bring bad luck to cut their hair that day of the week.

* Thailand is the only country in Southeast Asia that was never colonized by Europeans.

* Angkor Wat, the largest temple in the world, has a volume of stone equal to that of the Cheops pyramid in Egypt. It’s also the only Khmer temple that faces west.

* One of the most densely populated country in the world is Bangladesh, With 85% of Muslims and 15% of Hindus.

* With so many countries, it is hardly surprising to find a wide variety of religious practices in Asia. There are a wide variety of belief systems, but Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam have the largest number of adherents.

* Asia’s three dominant financial centers are Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.

* Japanese department stores are usually multiple stories, with a grocery store on the bottom, clothes and bedding in the middle, and restaurants on the top.

* Kuthodaw Pagoda, in Myanmar, is known as the “world’s largest book” because of the Buddhist scripture carved onto 729 marble slabs.

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