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Asia is Earth ' s largest and most ___MASK10___ continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . Singhasari was a Javanese Hindu  Buddhist kingdom located in east Java between 1222 and 1292 ( today Indonesia ). The kingdom succeeded the Kingdom of Kediri as the dominant kingdom in eastern Java . The kingdom ' s name cognate to Singosari district of Malang Regency , located ___MASK15___ kilometres north of Malang city . Java ( Indonesian : Jawa ; Javanese :  ; Sundanese :  ) is an island of Indonesia . With a population of over 141 million ( the island itself ) or 145 million ( the administrative region ) Census released in December 2015 , Java is home to 56 . 7 percent of the Indonesian population and is the most ___MASK10___ island on Earth . The Indonesian capital city , Jakarta , is located on western Java . Much of Indonesian history took place on Java . It was the center of powerful Hindu - Buddhist empires , the Islamic sultanates , and the core of the colonial ___MASK18___ . Java was also the center of the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s . Java dominates Indonesia politically , economically and culturally . Malang is the second largest city in East Java . It has a history dating back to the Singhasari . The city population at the 2010 Census was 820 , 243 ( BPS , 2010 ). Its built - up (" or metro ") area was home to 2 , 795 , 209 inhabitants spread on 2 cities and 22 districts (" 21 in Malang Regency and 1 in Pasuruan Regency "). During the period of Dutch colonization , it was a popular destination for European residents . The city is well known for its mild climate . People in East Java sometimes call it " Paris of East Java ." In 2013 , Malang was spared many of the effects of the Asian financial crisis , and since that time it has been marked by steady economic and population growth . Indonesia ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most ___MASK10___ country , the most ___MASK10___ Austronesian nation , as well as the most ___MASK10___ Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most ___MASK10___ island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . India , officially the Republic of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most ___MASK10___ country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most ___MASK10___ democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Gajayana Stadium ( Elephant ' s Journey ) is a multi - purpose stadium in Malang , Indonesia . It is used mostly for football matches and is home stadium of Persema Malang . Multi - purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed to be easily used by ___MASK1___ types of events . While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event , this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multifunctionality over specificity . It is used most commonly in Canada and the United States , where the two most popular outdoor team sports  football and baseball  require radically different facilities . Football uses a rectangular field ( Canadian football fields are larger than American ones ), while baseball is played on a diamond and large outfield . This requires a particular design to accommodate both , usually an oval . While building stadiums in this way means that sports teams and governments can share costs , it also imposes some challenges .