ਪੱਛਮੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ: ਰੀਵਿਜ਼ਨਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਫ਼ਰਕ

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The countries and territories in the [[United Nations geoscheme|UN Subregion]] of Western Asia,<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division- Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49)|publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]|work=|accessdate=2010-07-24|date=}}</ref> listed below:

 

 

Though not included in the UN subregion of Western Asia, [[Iran]] is commonly included within Western Asia.<ref name="ngs">{{cite web | url=http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/W/west-asia |title=West Asia | author=Style Committee | publisher=[[National Geographic Society]] | work=National Geographic Style Manual | date=January, 2011}}</ref><ref name="StatisticsCanada">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?TPL=RETR&ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=92333&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=801&Temporal=2006&Theme=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |title=Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census|publisher=Statistics Canada|year=2006}}</ref> [[Afghanistan]] is also sometimes included in a broader definition of "Western Asia", although Afghanistan is more commonly included in [[Central Asia]],<ref>[http://web.utah.edu/meca/2007Conf/2007%20MECA-%20Final%20Program.pdf ''The 2007 Middle East & Central Asia Politics, Economics,and Society Conference'' University of Utah].</ref><ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2006/eng/01/mreo0506.pdf "Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East & Central Asia" May 2006, International Monetary Fund].</ref> or [[South Asia]].<ref name="AfgCIA">CIA world factbook, [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html#Geo Afghanistan - Geography (Location: Southern Asia)]</ref><ref name="WorldBank">{{cite web|url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,menuPK:158937~pagePK:158889~piPK:146815~theSitePK:223547,00.html |title=South Asia |publisher=Web.worldbank.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-18}}</ref> The [[Sinai Peninsula]] of [[Egypt]] [[Boundaries between continents|geographically]] belongs to West Asia.