Holiday property for rent. Villas, apartments, hotels and cottages http://holidayrentalplaces.com/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:20:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Sunday, 19 October 2008 14:03 - Yemen http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=278:yemen&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Republic of Yemen is a land, situated on the Arabic Peninsula in the Middle East. It is bordered by Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the south, Red Sea to the west, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Capital: Sana'a
Largest city: Sana'a
Official language: Arabic
Population: 2005est.  –   20 975 000 
Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)
Climate: desert; hot and damp along west shore; moderate in western mountains; hot, dry, rigorous desert in east

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:03:06 +0100 Sunday, 19 October 2008 13:57 - Vietnam http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273:vietnam&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a land in Southeast Asia. It shares borders with South China Sea and land borders China, Laos and Cambodia.
Capital: Hanoi
Largest city: Ho Shi Min City
Official languages: Vietnamese
Population: 2005est.  -  84 238 000 
Currency: đồng (VND)
Climate: tropical in south; monsoonal in north 

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:57:59 +0100 Sunday, 19 October 2008 13:56 - Uzbekistan http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=270:uzbekistan&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Republic of Uzbekistan is a land in Central Asia. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the west and north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.
Capital: Tashkent
Largest city: Tashkent
Official languages: Uzbek
Population: 2005est. – 26 593 000
Currency: Uzbekistan som (UZS)
Climate: desert, hot summers and soft winters; semiarid in east

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:56:40 +0100 Sunday, 19 October 2008 13:52 - United Arab Emirates http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=264:united-arab-emirates&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The United Arab Emirates are land in the Middle East in the southeast part of Arabian Peninsula. It is located between Saudi Arabia and Oman and includes seven emirates. The land has large resources of oil.
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Largest city: Dubai
Official languages: Arabic
Population: 2005est. – 4 496 000
Currency: Dirham (AED)
Climate: desert; cooler in eastern mountains

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:52:17 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 16:05 - Turkmenistan http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259:turkmenistan&catid=40:asia&directory=56 Turkmenistan is a land in Central Asia. It shares borders with Caspian Sea, situated between Iran and Kazakhstan.
Capital: Ashgabat
Largest city: Ashgabat
Official language: Turkmen
Population: 2005est. -4 833 000
Currency: Turkmen Manat (TMM)
Climate: subtropical desert

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:05:43 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 16:04 - Turkey http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=257:turkey&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Republic of Turkey is a Eurasian land situated mainly in the Anatolian Peninsula and small part in Balkan Peninsula in the southeastern Europe. It is bordered by the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia and the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Syria and Greece. It is a member of NATO, United Nations, Council of Europe and others.
Capital: Ankara
Largest city: Ankara
Official language: Turkish
Population: 2005est.  -   73 193 000 
Currency: New Turkish lira (TRY)

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:04:45 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 16:00 - Timor-Leste http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251:timor-leste&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a land in Southeast Asia on the eastern half of the island of Timor.
Capital: Dili
Largest city: Dili
Official languages: Tetum, Portuguese
Population: 2005est.-1 040 880
Currency: US dollar (USD)
Climate: tropical; hot and damp

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:00:22 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 15:59 - Thailand http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=250:thailand&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Kingdom of Thailand is a land in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Laos and Cambodia to the east, Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south and Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west.
Capital: Bangkok
Largest city: Bangkok
Official language: Thai
Population: 2005est.  -   64 233 000
Currency: Baht (THB)
Climate: tropical; rainy, mild southwest and dry, cool northeast monsoon

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:59:56 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 15:58 - Tajikistan http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=248:tajikistan&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Republic of Tajikistan is a land in Central Asia. It shares borders with Kyrgyzstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Afghanistan to the south and China to the east.
Capital: Dushanbe
Largest city: Dushanbe
Official language: Tajik
Population: 2005est.  -   6 507 000
Currency: Somoni (TJS)
Climate: continental, hot summers, soft winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:58:57 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 15:58 - Taiwan http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247:taiwan&catid=40:asia&directory=56 Taiwan is located in Eastern Asia and includes a group of islands, off the southeastern shore of China. It is situated between the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.
Capital: Taipei
Official languages: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese
Population: 2006est.  -   23,036,087
Currency: Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Climate: tropical; marine

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:58:21 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:41 - Syrian Arab Republic http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=246:syria&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Syrian Arab Republic is land, located in the Middle East. It is bordered by Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east and Turkey to the north.
Capital: Damascus
Largest city: Damascus
Official language: Arabic
Population:2005 est.     -     19 043 000 
Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)
Climate: desert; hot, dry, sunny summers and soft, rainy winters along shore

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:41:30 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:38 - Sri Lanka http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=240:sri-lanka&catid=40:asia&directory=56 Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a tropical island territory in Indian Ocean, situated south of India.
Capital: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Largest city: Colombo
Official languages: Sinhala, Tamil
Population:2006 est.     -     20 743 000 
Currency:  Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Climate: tropical monsoon; northeast and southwest monsoon

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:38:34 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:34 - Singapore http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233:singapore&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Republic of Singapore, an island city-state, is situated o the south edge of the Malay Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia.
Capital: Singapore
Largest city: Singapore
Official language:English, Malay
Population:2005 est.     -     4 326 000 
Currency:Singapore dollar (SGD)
Climate: tropical; hot and rainy

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:34:07 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:30 - Saudi Arabia http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228:saudi-arabia&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a land, located on the Arabian Peninsula. It shares borders with Jordan to the northwest, Iraq to the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south. Saudi Arabia has coasts on the Persian Gulf to its east and on the Red Sea to its west.
Capital: Riyadh
Largest city: Riyadh
Official language: Arabic
Population: 2006est.   –   25 192 720
Currency: Riyal (SAR)
Climate: waste, dry desert, large temperature variations

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:30:07 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:08 - Philippines http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:philippines&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Republic of the Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia.It is situated in the Malay Archipelago between Philippine and South China Sea, east of Vietnam.
Capital: Manila
Largest city: Quezon City
Official languages: Filipino, English
Population: 2005est.  -  83 054 000 
Currency: Philippine Peso (PHP)
Climate: tropical marine; northeast monsoon and southwest monsoon

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:08:29 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:03 - Pakistan http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:pakistan&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is located in South Asia. To the west it is bordered by Iran and Afghanistan, to the east by India and to the northeast by Peoples Republic of China. Pakistan has a long coastline along Arabian Sea to the south.
Capital: Islamabad
Largest city: Karachi
Official language: Urdu, English
Population: 2006est.  -  163,985,373
Currency: Rupee (PKR)
Climate: hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:03:41 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:02 - Qatar http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204:qatar&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The State of Qatar is a land in Middle East or Western Asia. It is situated in the Qatar Peninsula and shares borders with Saudi Arabia to the west and with Persian Gulf to the east, north and south.
Capital: Doha
Largest city: Doha
Official language: Arabic
Population: 2005est.  – 813 000 
Currency: Riyal (QAR)
Climate: arid; mild winters; hot, damp summers

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:02:57 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 08:01 - Oman http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203:oman&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Sultanate of Oman is a land in southwestern Asia on the Arabic Peninsula. It shares borders with United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, Yemen to the southwest. It is bordered by Arabian Sea to south and east.
Capital: Muscat
Largest city: Muscat
Official languages: Arabic
Population: 2006est.     -     2 567 000
Currency: Rial (OMR)
Climate: hot and dry

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:01:56 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 07:53 - Nepal http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:nepal&catid=40:asia&directory=56 Kingdom of Nepal is a Himalayan land in South Asia. It shares borders with Peoples Republic of China to the north and India to the south, west and east. Most of the people profess Hinduism.
Capital: Kathmandu
Largest city: Kathmandu
Official language: Nepali
Population: 2005est.  -  27 133 000 
Currency: Rupee (NPR)
Climate: from cool summers and harsh winters in north to subtropical summers and soft winters in south

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:53:36 +0100 Saturday, 18 October 2008 07:41 - Myanmar-Burma http://holidayrentalplaces.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188:myanmar-burma&catid=40:asia&directory=56 The Union of Myanmar also known as the Union of Burma is a land in Southeastern Asia. It has borders with the Peoples Republic of China to the north, Laos to the east, Thailand to the southeast, Bangladesh to the west, India to the northwest.


Capital: Naypyidaw
Largest city: Yangon (Rangoon)
Official languages: Burmese
Population: 2005 est.     -     50 519 000
Currency: Kyat (MMK)
Climate: tropical monsoon; hot, damp summers;mild temperatures, lower dampness in the winter

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