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Asia (13)
  • Here are entered works on the entire continent that extends from Europe and Africa to the Pacific Ocean, including Siberia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia (excluding Papua).
 0 0
Asia, East (1)

Use for: East Asia, Far East

  • Here are entered works dealing collectively with China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
 0 0
Japan

Use for: 日本国

2 0
Asia, Central (1)

Use for: Central Asia

  • Here are entered works on the inland part of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to, and including, northwestern China and Mongolia in the east, and from southern Siberia in the north to, and including, northern Iran and Afghanistan in the south, as well as works limited to the republics of former Soviet Central Asia treated collectively.
 0 0
Asia, West (1)

Use for: Middle East, Western Asia, Western Asia

  • Here are entered works on the region consisting of Asia west of Pakistan, northeastern Africa, and occasionally Greece, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Works treating collectively the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only, are entered under [Arab countries.]
 0 0
Iran 2 0
Asia, South (2)

Use for: South Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indian Sub-continent

  • Here are entered works on the subcontinent of India, which in addition to India includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan on the mainland, and Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
 0 0
Nepal 5 0
Sri Lanka

Use for: Ceylon

  • island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E and has a maximum length of 268 miles (432 km) and a maximum width of 139 miles (224 km).
  • Ceylon was a British colony from 1815 to 1948. In 1948 Ceylon was granted independence and became a dominion in the Commonwealth of Nations. In May 1972 Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth and its name was changed to Sri Lanka.
 1 0
Asia, South East (2)

Use for: South East Asia, Southeastern Asia

  • Here are entered works dealing collectively with the mainland and insular regions of Asia lying south of China and east of India, including Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines.
 0 0