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[[Image:Asia ref04.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of Asia]]
 
[[Image:Asia ref04.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of Asia]]
 
'''Asia''' is the largest continent on earth.  It stretches from its boundary with [[Europe]] at the Ural Mountains in the west to the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the east.  It also reaches from [[Africa]] and [[Oceania]] to the south all the way to the [[Arctic Ocean]] in the north.
 
'''Asia''' is the largest continent on earth.  It stretches from its boundary with [[Europe]] at the Ural Mountains in the west to the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the east.  It also reaches from [[Africa]] and [[Oceania]] to the south all the way to the [[Arctic Ocean]] in the north.
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== Asian century ==
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The [[Asian Century]] is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture by social scientists, based on current demographic and economic trends persisting. The characterization of the 21st century being an Asian Century parallels the 20th-century seen as the American Century, and the 19th century as the British Century.
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A 2011 study conducted by the Asian Development Bank estimates that an additional 3 billion Asians could enjoy living standards similar to those in Europe today, and the region could produce over half of global economic output by the middle of this century. It did warn, however, that the Asian Century is not cast in stone and it is merely a projection based on current trends.<ref> "[http://www.adb.org/publications/asia-2050-realizing-asian-century Asia 2050: Realizing the Asian Century | Asian Development Bank]". Adb.org. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-07-28.</ref>
    
==Land==
 
==Land==
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===Resources===
 
===Resources===
 
===Arable land===
 
===Arable land===
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==People==
 
==People==
 
===Ethnic groups===
 
===Ethnic groups===
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