Territories

Southwest Asia is in most contexts meant to encompass:

• Armenia

• Bahrain

• Cyprus

• Sinai (eastern Egypt)

• Gaza Strip

• Iran

• Iraq

• Israel

• Jordan

• Kuwait

• Lebanon

• Oman

• Qatar

• Palestinian Territories

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

• United Arab Emirates

• West Bank

• Yemen

• The Asian portions of

  • Azerbaijan

  • Georgia

  • Turkey (Asia Minor or Anatolia)

In addition, its limits are sometimes widened to include:

• Afghanistan

• The African portion of Egypt

• The European portions of

  • Azerbaijan

  • Georgia

  • Turkey (Eastern Thrace or Rumelia)

• Adjacent parts of Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan)

• Western regions of Pakistan that lie on the Iranian plateau, such as Balochistan, Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the North West Frontier Province.

Anatolia, Arabia, Transcaucasia, Levant, and Mesopotamia are subregions of Southwest Asia.

Other subregions of Asia

• East Asia

• Southeast Asia

• South Asia (Indian subcontinent)

• Central Asia

• North Asia (Siberia)

• Northern Eurasia (extends into Europe)

• Central Eurasia (extends into Europe)

Portal To Asia