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ASIA & THE PACIFIC REGION
Asia is the largest continent in both size and population. It covers almost a third of the world's land area and has about three-fifths of its people.
Asia extends from Africa and Europe in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. The northernmost part of the continent lies within the frozen Arctic. But in the south, Asia ends in the steaming tropics near the equator.
Pacific Islands, also called Oceania, is the name given to a group of many thousands of islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean. No one knows exactly how many islands are in the Pacific. Geographers estimate that there are from 20,000 to more than 30,000. Some islands cover thousands of square miles or square kilometers. But others are no more than tiny piles of rock or sand that barely rise above the water.
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