Asia Barat Daya

Untuk penjelasan mengenai sejarah negara-negara di Asia Barat Daya, lihat Sejarah Timur Tengah
Asia Barat
Map of Western Asia
Area6,255,160 km2
(2,415,131 sq mi) 1
Population313,428,000 1
Density501 /km2 (1,300 /sq mi)
Countries
Nominal GDP$2.742 trillion (2010) 2
GDP per capita$8748 (2010) 2
Time zonesUTC+2 to UTC+5
DemonymWest Asian
LanguagesArabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish
Largest cities
Istanbul*
Tehran
Baghdad
Riyadh
Ankara
Notes1Area and population figures include the UN subregion, Iran, and Sinai.
2GDP figures include the UN subregion and Iran.
*Partly located in Europe.

Asia Barat Daya, atau Asia Barat, adalah wilayah bagian sebelah barat benua Asia. Istilah "Asia Barat" lebih sering digunakan dalam tulisan mengenai arkeologi dan masa prasejarah kawasan itu.

Para ahli geografi terusik dengan ambiguitas istilah "Timur Tengah" yang lebih populer daripada "Asia Barat Daya". Negara seperti India lebih suka menggunakan istilah "Asia Barat", kemungkinan karena istilah "Timur Tengah" lebih Keeropaan (Eurocentrism). Namun ada kalangan yang menganggap Timur Tengah perlu meliputi negara-negara di Afrika Utara atau paling tidak negara Mesir saja.

Berbagai negara dan wilayah yang termasuk dalam Asia Barat Daya ialah:

NegaraLuas
(km²)		Populasi
(2010)		Kepadatan populasi
(per km²)		IbukotaNominal GDP[1]
(2010)		Per capita[2]
(2010)		Mata uangPemerintahanBahasa Resmi
Anatolia:
Turkey1783,56273,722,98894.1Ankara$741.85 billion$10,399Turkish liraParliamentary republicTurkish
Arabian Peninsula:
Bahrain6651,234,5961,646.1Manama$22.66 billion$20,475Bahraini dinarConstitutional monarchyArabic
Kuwait17,8203,566,437167.5Kuwait City$131.32 billion$36,412Kuwaiti dinarConstitutional monarchyArabic
Oman212,4602,694,0949.2Muscat$55.62 billion$18,657Omani rialAbsolute monarchyArabic
Qatar11,4371,696,563123.2Doha$129.49 billion$76,168Qatari riyalAbsolute monarchyArabic
Saudi Arabia1,960,58227,136,97712Riyadh$443.69 billion$16,996Saudi riyalAbsolute monarchyArabic
United Arab Emirates82,8808,264,07097Abu Dhabi$301.88 billion$59,717UAE dirhamFederal Constitutional monarchyArabic
Yemen527,97023,580,00044.7Sana'a$31.27 billion$1,282Yemeni rialPresidential republicArabic
South Caucasus:
Armenia29,8003,262,200108.4Yerevan$9.39 billion$3,032Armenian dramPresidential republicArmenian
Azerbaijan86,6009,165,000105.8Baku$62.321 billion$6,832Azerbaijani manatPresidential republicAzerbaijani
Georgia69,7004,636,40068.1Tbilisi$14.67 billion$3,210Georgian lariSemi-presidential republicGeorgian
Fertile Crescent:
Iraq438,31731,672,00073.5Baghdad$82.15 billion$2,564Iraqi dinarParliamentary republicArabic, Kurdish
Israel20,7707,653,600365.3Jerusalem3$213.15 billion$28,686Israeli new shekelParliamentary republicArabic, Hebrew
Jordan92,3006,318,67768.4Amman$27.53 billion$4,500Jordanian dinarConstitutional monarchyArabic
Lebanon10,4524,228,000404Beirut$39.25 billion$10,044Lebanese poundParliamentary republicArabic
Syria185,18023,695,000118.3Damascus$59.33 billion$2,877Syrian poundPresidential republicArabic
Iranian Plateau:
Iran1,648,19578,868,71145Tehran$357.22 billion$4,741Iranian rialIslamic republicPersian
Mediterranean Sea:
Cyprus9,2501,088,503117Nicosia$23.17 billion$28,237EuroPresidential republicGreek, Turkish
Sinai Peninsula:
Egypt 261,000850,00082Cairo$218.47 billion$2,789Egyptian poundPresidential republicArabic

Notes:

1 The figures for Turkey includes East Thrace, which is not a part of Anatolia.
2 The area and population figures for Egypt only include the Sinai Peninsula.
3 The status of Jerusalem is disputed.

Anatolia, Jazirah Arab, Levant (Syam), dan Mesopotamia adalah bagian dari wilayah Asia Barat.

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