Bangladesh 1996
Yearbook 1996 Bangladesh. For more than a year, the opposition had demanded re-election to Parliament, citing the ruling party’s cheating in the 1994 general elections. The opposition boycotted the election…
The interior of continental Southeast Asia (such as the Mekong region) and the large islands (such as Sumatra, Borneo), which was formerly completely covered with tropical rainforests, is increasingly being developed and populated. The population density is increasing in these areas. Within Southeast Asia, the agricultural favored area of Java emerges with the highest population densities; The difference to the other islands in Indonesia is particularly striking.
The concentration of large metropolises is striking in South and East Asia. In the ranking of the world’s largest agglomerations, many of the top places are occupied by metropolitan regions in Asia. In first place is Tokyo, followed by megacities like Delhi, Shanghai, Mumbai, Dhaka, Jakarta, Seoul, Calcutta, Manila and others. In the Perfluent Delta around Guangzhou and Hong Kong, a new urban agglomeration is emerging that, with its almost 60 million residents, could compete with Tokyo for first place as the largest urban agglomeration in the world.
As a comparison with the population figures from 1970 shows, all the cities mentioned – and many others in the region – have increased their population figures many times over in just a few decades. The most important reason for this development is the urban-rural divide characteristic of many developing and emerging countries, which has greatly accelerated the urbanization process in this part of Asia. In China, for example, less than 30 percent of the population lived in cities in 1980; today it is well over 50 percent. For more information about the continent of Asia, please check politicsezine.com.
Yearbook 1996 Bangladesh. For more than a year, the opposition had demanded re-election to Parliament, citing the ruling party’s cheating in the 1994 general elections. The opposition boycotted the election…
Yearbook 1996 Bahrain. Shiite protests erupted in the country at the beginning of the year. The Shi’a Muslims have been trying for years to gain greater influence over the policy…
Yearbook 1996 Azerbaijan. President Gejdar Alijev on July 19 accused the country’s government of corruption and failed economic policy. According to him, the corruption was so widespread that the important…
Yearbook 1996 Armenia. Presidential elections were held in Armenia on September 22. The incumbent President Levon Ter-Petrosian was nominated by the Electoral Commission as the winner in the election. He…
Yearbook 1996 Afghanistan. The year began with relative quiet in the civil war that has been going on since the communist regime fell in 1992. Negotiations were held on new…
According to Countryaah.com, Asia consists of 48 countries, of which two (Turkey and Russia) are also located in Europe. Early nomad empires An early nomadic empire, Xiongnu – probably Turkish-speaking…