India is located in the south of Asia. South Asia includes Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. It covers an area of about 4.37 million square kilometers. The population exceeds 1 100 million. The northern part of this area is the mountainous area at the southern foot of the Himalayas, the southern part of the Indian Peninsula is the Deccan Plateau, and the Indus-Ganges Plain is between the northern mountains and the Deccan Plateau.
Asia, once translated as "Asia" and "Asia", is the largest and most populous of the seven continents. It accounts for 8.7% of the total area of the earth (or 29.4% of the total land area). The total population is about 465,438+64.3 million, accounting for 60.5% of the world's total population (20 19).
Most of Asia is located in the northern hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere. The dividing line between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal. East of Suez Canal is Asia. The dividing line between Asia and Europe is the Ural Mountains, ural river, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, Turkish Strait and Black Sea. East of the Urals Mountains and south of the Great Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea are Asia.
The mainland reaches Cape Jerzhnev in the Bering Strait in the east, Tanjung Biya in the south, Cape Baba in the west, and Cherius Jinjiao in the north, with Mount Everest as the highest peak. Spanning a vast latitude and longitude, the time difference between east and west reaches 1 1 ~ 13 hours. The west is connected with Europe, forming the largest land on earth-Eurasia.
Asia is the birthplace of Buddhism, Islam and Christianity, the three major religions in the world.
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Introduction to India:
1, India * * * and the country is called India for short. Located in South Asia, it is the largest country in the South Asian subcontinent. The territory borders Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and China in the northeast, Myanmar in the east, Sri Lanka across the sea in the southeast and Pakistan in the northwest. It borders the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west, with a coastline of 5,560 kilometers. It is also a unified multi-ethnic country composed of more than 100 ethnic groups.
2. India is the second most populous country in the world and one of the BRICS countries. Two thirds of India's population still depends directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihood. In recent years, the service industry has grown rapidly and has become the most important exporter of software, finance and other services in the world. The world's largest exporter of generic drugs and the world's largest remittance country. India is a developing country with extremely unbalanced distribution of social wealth, and the problem of caste system is more acute.
3. The whole of India is hot, and most areas belong to tropical monsoon climate, while thar desert in western India belongs to tropical desert climate. There is an obvious monsoon in summer and no obvious monsoon in winter.
4. The first-level administrative divisions in India include 27 states (provinces), 6 federal territories and 1 national capital jurisdictions. Each state has its own elected government, while the federal territory and the national capital area are managed by administrative officials appointed by the Coalition government.
India's tourism and service industries are also relatively developed, accounting for a considerable proportion in the national economy. The main tourist spots are Agra, Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Nalanda, Mysore, Goa, Taj Mahal, Hyderabad, Trang and Trifan. India has chosen its seven historical wonders-Rajasthan style.
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