Hong Kong has a unitary system of government; no local government has existed since the two municipal councils were abolished in 2000. As such there is no formal definition for its cities and towns. A ...
Archaeological studies support a human presence in the Chek Lap Kok area (now Hong Kong International Airport) from 35,000 to 39,000 years ago and in Sai Kung Peninsula from 6,000 years ago.Wong Tei T ...
The central region, which is also the political and economic center, is populated predominantly by Cantonese speakers, though the influx in the last three decades of millions of Mandarin-speaking immi ...
The economy of Guangdong is large enough to be comparable to that of many countries. in 2012, the gross domestic product (GDP) is about $904.05 billion, Guangdong has been the largest province by GDP ...
The Taiheiyō Belt (太平洋ベルト Taiheiyō beruto?, lit. "Pacific Belt"), also known as Tokaido corridor, is the name for the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the north all th ...
The origins of the name "Java" are not clear. One possibility is that the island was named after the jáwa-wut plant, which was said to be common in the island during the time, and that prior to India ...
Mountains frame the Sichuan Basin on all sides:the Qionglai Range in the westthe Longmen Mountains in the northwestthe Daba in the northeast.The Yangtze River, flowing from the Sichuan Basin into the ...
The geography of the North China Plain has had profound cultural and political implications. Unlike areas to the south of the Yangtze, the plain generally runs uninterrupted by mountains and has far f ...
Cultural and historical destinations cater to tourists.There are wildlife preserves like the Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, and Dibru-Saikhowa National Park ...
Main article: Etymology of AssamThe precise etymology of "Assam" is unknown. In the classical period and up to the 12th century the region east of the Karatoya river, largely congruent to present-day ...
Islam is the state religion even though Bangladesh is secular. Islam is the largest religion of Bangladesh, making up 86.6% of population. Hinduism makes up 12.1% of the population, Buddhism 1% and ot ...
Remnants of civilization in the greater Bengal region date back four thousand years to when the region was settled by ancient Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman and Austroasiatic peoples. The exact ...
The Punjab region of India and Pakistan has a historical and cultural link to Indo-Aryan heritage identity as well as partially to the Dravidic indigenous communities. As a result of numerous invasion ...
Some geographers subdivide the Indo-Gangetic Plain into several parts: the Indus Valley Plain, the Punjab Plain, the Haryana Plain, and the middle and lower Ganges Plains. These regional distinctions ...
The state was named after the Delaware River which in turn derived its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), the governor of the Colony of Virginia at the time the river was first ...
