Western Asia is the United Nations geoscheme's term for the region comprising the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the South Caucasus, an area more commonly and more narrowly known in everyday usage as the Middle East. As a formal statistical and geographic classification it includes states the popular term Middle East sometimes excludes, such as Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Cyprus, making it the broader of the two overlapping terms for the same part of Eurasia.
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Hama, Cities Syria is listed under Western Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Turkey is listed under Western Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Turkey is listed under Western Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Manisa, Cities Turkey is listed under Western Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
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Source West Asia (Wikipedia)
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Source Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages: Poppy (Papaver somniferum)OriginQuote, Origin
Poppy is generally believed to stem from West Asia, although more recently a West Mediterranean origin was suggested.
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Found There
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Source Digital Ludeme Project: Ludus latrunculorum (Ludii Portal)RegionQuote, Region
Region Northern Africa, Western Asia, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe
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1. Western Asia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Area row
5,994,935 km2 (2,314,657 sq mi)
Infobox: population
313,450,000 (2018) (9th)
Introduction
West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia.
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Wikidata: Western Asia
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionAssociated With: Hama, Western Asia subregion list
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Associated With: İskenderun, Western Asia subregion list
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Associated With: Malatya, Western Asia subregion list
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Associated With: Manisa, Western Asia subregion list
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Formation statement for target 23636Quote, Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Formation statement for target 23636
Three major tectonic plates converge on West Asia, including the African, Eurasian, and Arabian plates.
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