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Asia

Asia holds 55 current DX entities and 18 deleted ones in the DXCC list.

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Figure 1. Asia: its DX entities in colour, the rest of the world in grey, with a 10-degree graticule, the Maidenhead fields lettered, and the notable parallels dashed. Hover for the code and name; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.045 degrees, about 5 km at the equator; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 40° N 90° E.

Current entities

Entity	DXCC	Prefix	CQ zone	ITU zone
Afghanistan	003	YA	21	40
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	011	VU4	26	49
Armenia	014	EK	21	29
Asiatic Russia	015	UA9	16, 17, 18, 19, 23	20, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Azerbaijan	018	4J	21	29
Bahrain	304	A9	21	39
Bangladesh	305	S2	22	41
Bhutan	306	A5	22	41
Cambodia	312	XU	26	49
China	318	BY	23, 24	33, 42, 43, 44
Cyprus	215	5B	20	39
Georgia	075	4L	21	29
Hong Kong	321	VR	24	44
India	324	VU	22	41
Iran	330	EP	21	40
Iraq	333	YI	21	39
Israel	336	4X	20	39
Japan	339	JA	25	45
Jordan	342	JY	20	39
Kazakhstan	130	UN	17	29, 30, 31
Kuwait	348	9K	21	39
Kyrgyzstan	135	EX	17	30, 31
Lakshadweep Islands	142	VU7	22	41
Laos	143	XW	26	49
Lebanon	354	OD	20	39

Deleted entities

Deleted entities no longer count for new contacts. Each counts for contacts made within its dates; the end date shown is the first day contacts no longer count.

Entity	DXCC	Counted from	Deleted	CQ zone	ITU zone
Abu Ail Islands	002	the start of DXCC	31 March 1991	21	39
Damão e Diu	042	the start of DXCC	1 January 1962	22	41
French India	067	the start of DXCC	1 November 1954	22	41
French Indo-China	058	the start of DXCC	21 December 1950	26	49
Goa	101	the start of DXCC	1 January 1962	22	41
Kamaran Island	127	the start of DXCC	11 March 1982	21	39
Kuria Muria Islands	139	the start of DXCC	30 November 1967	21	39
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone	068	the start of DXCC	15 December 1969	21	39
Malaya	155	the start of DXCC	16 September 1963	28	54
Manchuria	164	the start of DXCC	16 September 1963	24	33
Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands)	193	the start of DXCC	15 May 1972	25	45
Okino Tori-Shima	194	30 May 1976	1 December 1980	27	45
Palestine	196	the start of DXCC	1 July 1968	20	39
Saudi Arabia, Iraq Neutral Zone	226	the start of DXCC	26 December 1981	21	39
Sikkim	231	the start of DXCC	1 May 1975	22	41
South Yemen	243	the start of DXCC	22 May 1990	21	39
Tibet	268	the start of DXCC	31 May 1974	23	41
Yemen	154	the start of DXCC	22 May 1990	21	39

Sources: ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification 3.1.8, DXCC Entity Code enumeration; Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026 (continents, zones, prefixes); ARRL, DXCC List, January 2026 (the authority; deleted entities' dates).