Category: Asia

With its 6,025 square kilometers (5,660 square kilometers of the West Bank, 365 square kilometers of the Gaza Strip), Palestine is a little more than twice the size of Saarland, the smallest German state....

The state borders of Iraq were determined by influential great and regional powers of the League of Nations (= Great Britain, France, Turkey) in several stages after the First World War. Individual sections of...

“Cameroon appears like a crossroads where the whole black continent seems to meet: the Africa of the rainforest and that of the savannah; the Africa of the Bantu and Sudan peoples; the Africa of...

Kazakhstan is in the center of the Eurasian continent; Europe and Asia are connected there in the truest sense of the word, because the part of the state west of the Ural River belongs...

With around 185,000 square kilometers, Syria is roughly half the size of Germany. It is between 32nd and 37th degrees north latitude and 35th and 42nd degrees east longitude in the Middle East. The...

Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country at the interface of Central and South Asia and covers an area of 652,225 km². For comparison, the Federal Republic of Germany is content with approx. 357,386 km²....

General and geography The province of Krabi is located on Thailand’s southwest coast, the provincial capital Krabi City is around 175 kilometers from Phuket. In addition to the tropical mainland with some wonderful beaches,...

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General and geography Koh Lanta (often also spelled Ko Lanta) refers to a district in the south of Krabi Province. The island of Koh Lanta, which, strictly speaking, consists of the two parts Lanta...

General & Geographical Location The island of Taiwan is located in the western Pacific between Japan and the Philippines off the southeast coast of China, from which it is separated by the Taiwan Strait....

Geographical location Cambodia is located in Southeast Asia between Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The kingdom is located on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand and its capital is Phnom Penh. Cambodia’s landscape is...

General & Geography Langkawi is a group of islands off the northwest coast of Malaysia and mainly refers to the main island of the same name, Pulau Langkawi, in the border area between Malaysia...

Geographical location Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia and is located around 35 kilometers from the west coast. So Kuala Lumpur, the country’s economic and cultural center, is not by the sea. The...

General & Geography Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia bordering Thailand to the north, an island of Singapore to the south, and Indonesia and Brunei to the east. Around 29 million people are...

Geographical location Singapore is a city and an island state at the same time. At just 718 square kilometers, it is the smallest state in Southeast Asia in terms of area. The name Singapore...

Geography and general Boracay is a small island in the Philippines and covers just ten square kilometers off the coast of Panay. Despite its small size, Boracay has grown to become the most popular...

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Temperatures, precipitation, sunshine in Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) Jan Feb March Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Daytime temperature 30 ° C 31 ° C 32 ° C 32 ° C...

Geographical location The Philippines is a state with a total of 7,107 islands in the Pacific Ocean. Around 100 million people live in an area of ​​344,000 square kilometers. In the west of the...

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Geographical location With around 1.9 million square kilometers, Indonesia is the largest island state and with around 238 million people the fourth most populous state in the world. The country is made up of...

Geographical location Despite an area of ​​around 5630 km², Bali is probably the most famous island in Indonesia, but by no means the largest. Indonesia consists of giants such as Borneo, Java and Sulawesi,...

Temperatures, precipitation, sunshine in Dili (East Timor) Jan Feb March Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Daytime temperature 31 ° C 31 ° C 32 ° C 32 ° C 32...

General & Geography Lombok is an island that is east of Bali and west of Summbawa. The island is part of the Western Nusa Tenggara region of Indonesia. The total land area of ​​the...

Geographical location: Gili Islands The Gili Islands are a small group of islands in the northwest of the Indonesian island of Lombok. The archipelago consists of the three sister islands Gili Meno, Gili Air...

Geographical location Phuket is Thailand’s largest island (Ko Phuket) and is connected to the mainland by a short bridge. The holiday paradise in southern Thailand extends over an area of ​​around 540 km² in...

Geographical location Koh Samui (other spellings: Ko Samui or just Samui) is, together with the island of Phuket, one of the most popular holiday destinations in Southeast Asia and is the third largest island...

General and geography Koh Phangan (often also written Ko Pha-ngan or Ko Pha Ngan) is an island in the Gulf of Thailand that is particularly popular with individual travelers. Koh Phangan has become world...

General and geography Khao Lak is still a kind of insider tip for Thailand travelers, because the comparatively quiet and high-class holiday region is often overshadowed by the tourist center in Phuket which is...