Talk:Western Asia

I found some of these country listings dubious. Nearly the only time I find a usage of "Southwest Asia" is in reference to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.... The other countries (Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Sinai (eastern Egypt), Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) are "technically" part of the region but are almost always referred to the "middle east". The US DoD seems to have the strongest tendency to refer to Afghanistan as SWA (southwest asia). I would add Afghanistan and Pakistan to the primary list.

http://www.unhcr.org/4ec231030.html http://www.dodig.mil/IGInformation/archives/FY2014_COPSWA_compliant1.pdf http://www.dodig.mil/hotline/posters/for_download/Southwest%20Asia%20Poster_3.pdf http://www.uso.org/Centers/USO-Centers---Southwest-Asia.aspx

http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11741/#regions=central-and-south-asia&page=5&countries=AF

70.104.195.119 (talk) 16:03, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

West or Western?

West Asia or Western Asia? Irtapil (talk) 21:49, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

English wiki thinks they are different… maybe…

en: United Nations geoscheme for Asia # Note on West Asia

"Note on West Asia - Main article: en: Western Asia - "Western Asia is not to be confused with West Asia (or precisely Southwest Asia), the former being a geographical subregion in Asia, and the latter signifying a geopolitical macroregion consisting of the Middle East and Caucasus countries in Asia (mainly including Iran from the Southern Asian subregion)."

But that is an unreferenced footnote.

Does that link somewhere different to en: West Asia … no, it just redirects.

Irtapil (talk) 21:59, 7 February 2024 (UTC)