Why is Australia allocated to Asia?

Australia belongs to Oceania, not Asia.

Commonwealth of Australia (English: Commonwealth of Australia), referred to as "Australia". Its territory covers an area of 7,692,024 square kilometers and is surrounded by the sea. It is the only country in the world whose territory covers the whole continent, so it is also called "Australia". Australia has many unique animals, plants and natural landscapes, and is a multicultural immigrant country.

The word "Australia" originally means "Southern Continent" and comes from the Latin terraaustralis. When Europeans discovered this continent in the17th century, they mistakenly thought it was a land that went straight to the South Pole, so they named it "Australia".

Extended data:

I. Oceania

The scope of Oceania can be divided into narrow sense and broad sense. In a narrow sense, it only refers to the three islands in the Pacific Ocean, namely Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Broadly speaking, in addition to the three major island groups, it also includes Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, with about 65,438+100000 islands.

The total land area is about 8.97 million square kilometers, accounting for about 6% of the world's total land area. It is the smallest continent in the world. Oceania is also called Australia. Australia is the abbreviation of Australia.

Countries belonging to Oceania are Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and New Zealand.

Second, Asia.

The full name of Asia is Asia Asia, accounting for one-third of the global land area.

1. East Asia: People's Republic of China (PRC), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

2. Southeast Asia: Brunei, Kingdom of Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Union of Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

3. South Asia: People's Republic of Bangladesh, Kingdom of Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

4. Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

5. Arabian Peninsula in West Asia: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

6. Low-lying countries in West Asia: Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.

7. Mountain countries in West Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkey.

8. North Asia: Siberia (that is, eastern Russia).

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Australia

Baidu encyclopedia-seven continents

China Consular Service Network-Australia