Category Archives: Asia

Largest Cities in Armenia

Facts about Armenia Official languages: Armenian Capital: Yerevan Area: 29,800 km² Population: 3.0 million residents Population density: 99.60 residents per km² Currency: AMD Internet TLD: .am ISO codes: AM, ARM, 51 The telephone code from Armenia is +374 Flag of Armenia The flag of Armenia, which was adopted in 1990, is composed of three horizontal… Read more »

Largest Cities in Azerbaijan

Facts about Azerbaijan Official languages: Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian Capital: Baku Area: 86,600 km² Population: 8.3 million residents Population density: 95.88 residents per km² Currency: AZN Internet TLD: .az ISO codes: AZ, AZE 31 The dialing code of Azerbaijan is +994 Flag of Azerbaijan The flag of Azerbaijan is composed of three horizontal stripes, of which… Read more »

Largest Cities in Bahrain

Facts about Bahrain Official languages: Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu Capital: Manama Area: 665 km² Population: 738,004 residents Population density: 1,109.78 residents per km² Currency: BHD Internet TLD: .bh ISO codes: BH, BHR, 48 The dialing code for Bahrain is +973 Flag of Bahrain The flag of Bahrain is composed of a red and white stripe,… Read more »

Largest Cities in Bangladesh

Facts about Bangladesh Official languages: Bengali, English Capital: Dhaka Area: 144,000 km² Population: 156.1 million residents Population density: 1,084.16 residents per km² Currency: BDT Internet TLD: .bd ISO codes: BD, BGD, 50 The country code for Bangladesh is +880 Flag of Bangladesh The flag of Bangladesh was adopted on 17 January 1972 and, except for… Read more »

Largest Cities in Bhutan

Facts about Bhutan Official languages: Dzongkha Capital: Thimphu Area: 47,000 km² Population: 699,847 residents Population density: 14.89 residents per km² Currency: BTN Internet TLD: .bt ISO codes: BT, BTN, 64 The phone code for Bhutan is +975 Flag of Bhutan The shape of the flag of Bhutan reflects the name of the country in the… Read more »

Largest Cities in Brunei

Facts about Brunei Official languages: Malay, English Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan Area: 5,770 km² Population: 395,027 residents Population density: 68.46 residents per km² Currency: BND Internet TLD: .bn ISO codes: BN, BRN, 96 The prefix for Brunei is +673 Flag of Brunei The flag of Brunei, which was adopted in 1959, is composed of a… Read more »

Largest Cities in Cambodia

Facts about Cambodia Official languages: Cambodian, French, English Capital: Phnom Penh Area: 181,040 km² Population: 14.5 million residents Population density: 79.84 residents per km² Currency: KHR Internet TLD: .kh ISO codes: KH , KHM, 116 The dialing code for Cambodia is +855 Flag of Cambodia The current flag of Cambodia was adopted in 1993 and… Read more »

Largest Cities in China

Facts about China Official languages: Chinese, Uighur, Zhuang Capital: Beijing Area: 9,596,960 km² Population: 1,330.0 million residents Population density: 138.59 residents per km² Currency: CNY Internet TLD: .cn ISO codes: CN , CHN, 156 The prefix for China is +86 Flag of the People’s Republic of China The flag of the People’s Republic of China… Read more »

Largest Cities in Cyprus

Facts about Cyprus Official languages: Modern Greek, Turkish, English Capital: Nicosia Area: 9,250 km² Population: 1.1 million residents Population density: 119.21 residents per km² Currency: EUR Internet TLD: .cy ISO codes: CY, CYP , 196 The dialing code for Cyprus is +357 Flag of Cyprus The flag of Cyprus consists of a yellow silhouette of… Read more »

Largest Cities in East Timor

Facts about Timor-Leste Official languages: Portuguese, Indonesian, English Capital: Dili Area: 15,007 km² Population: 1.2 million residents Population density: 76.94 residents per km² Currency: USD Internet TLD: .tl ISO codes: TL, TLS , 626 The dialing code for Timor Leste is +670 Flag of East Timor The flag of East Timor is one of the… Read more »

Largest Cities in Georgia

Facts about Georgia Official languages: Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani Capital: Tbilisi Area: 69,700 km² Population: 4.6 million residents Population density: 66.43 residents per km² Currency: GEL Internet TLD: .ge ISO codes: GE , GEO, 268 The country code for Georgia is +995 Flag of Georgia The flag of Georgia was adopted in January 2004 after… Read more »

Largest Cities in Hong Kong

Facts about Hong Kong Official languages: Chinese, Chinese, English Capital: Hong Kong Area: 1,092 km² Population: 6.9 million residents Population density: 6,317.48 residents per km² Currency: HKD Internet TLD: .hk ISO codes: HK , HKG, 344 The country code for Hong Kong is +852 After being returned to China, the former British Crown Colony of… Read more »

Largest Cities in India

Facts about India Official languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Biharic, Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Sanskrit, French Capital: New Delhi Area: 3,287,590 km² Population: 1,173.1 million people Population density: 356.83 people per km² Currency: INR Internet TLD: .in ISO codes: IN, IND, 356 The telephone code for India… Read more »

Largest Cities in Indonesia

Facts about Indonesia Official languages: Indonesian, English, Dutch, Javanese Capital: Jakarta Area: 1,919,440 km² Population: 243.0 million residents Population density: 126.58 residents per km² Currency: IDR Internet TLD: .id ISO : ID, IDN, 360 The prefix for Indonesia is +62 Flag of Indonesia The flag of Indonesia, which is very similar to the flag of… Read more »

Largest Cities in Iran

Facts about Iran (Islamic Republic) Official languages: Persian, Kurdish Capital: Tehran Area: 1,648,000 km² Population: 76.9 million residents Population density: 46.68 residents per km² Currency: IRR Internet TLD: .ir ISO codes: IR, IRN, 364 The telephone code for Iran (Islamic Republic) is +98 Flag of Iran The flag of Iran is composed of three horizontal… Read more »

Largest Cities in Iraq

Facts about Iraq Official languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian Capital: Baghdad Area: 437,072 km² Population: 29.7 million residents Population density: 67.89 residents per km² Currency: IQD Internet TLD: .iq ISO codes: IQ, IRQ , 368 The dialing code for Iraq is +964 Flag of Iraq The Iraqi flag has three horizontal stripes – red, white and… Read more »

Largest Cities in Israel

Facts about Israel Official languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English Capital: Jerusalem Area: 20,770 km² Population: 7.4 million residents Population density: 354.07 residents per km² Currency: ILS Internet TLD: .il ISO codes: IL, ISR , 376 The dialing code for Israel is +972 Flag of Israel The Israeli flag consists of two blue stripes along the top… Read more »

Largest Cities in Japan

Facts about Japan Official languages: Japanese Capital: Tokyo Area: 377,835 km² Population: 127.3 million residents Population density: 336.89 residents per km² Currency: JPY Internet TLD: .jp ISO codes: JP, JPN, 392 The telephone code from Japan is +81 Flag of Japan Japan, or the “Land of the Rising Sun”, is proud of its flag, the… Read more »

Largest Cities in Jordan

Facts about Jordan Official languages: Arabic, English Capital: Amman Area: 92,300 km² Population: 6.4 million residents Population density: 69.42 residents per km² Currency: JOD Internet TLD: .jo ISO codes: JO, JOR, 400 The dialing code for Jordan is +962 Flag of Jordan The flag of Jordan was adopted in 1921 and is composed of three… Read more »

Largest Cities in Kazakhstan

Facts about Kazakhstan Official languages: Kazakh, Russian Capital: Astana Area: 2,717,300 km² Population: 15.3 million residents Population density: 5.65 residents per km² Currency: KZT Internet TLD: .kz ISO codes: KZ, KAZ , 398 The prefix for Kazakhstan is +7 Flag of Kazakhstan Adopted after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the declaration of independence… Read more »