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Things to know about Europe

Continent Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the world, but geographers do not consider it a real continent and call it the western peninsula of Eurasia. Terminologically, the whole of Eurasia, west of the Ural Mountains, is called Europe. Europe is the smallest continent globally, except Australia, with an area of 14 million square kilometers, which is only 2% of the total land area. Australia is the only continent smaller than Europe.

Population

Europe is the third-largest continent in terms of population, with a population of 710 million, or 11% of the world's population. The Muslim community in Europe is growing, according to the American Research Center PEW. Europe currently has a Muslim population of 4.9% and could reach 7.5% by 2050.

Largest Cities

Istanbul, Paris, Moscow, and London are the four largest cities in Europe. Almost each of these countries consists of of10 million residents. Istanbul is the largest country in Europe. While Istanbul has the most noteworthy all out populace, 33% lies on the Asian side of the Bosporus, making Moscow the most crowded city altogether in Europe. The most significant urban areas arranged by the populace are Saint Petersburg, Madrid, Berlin, and Rome, each having more than 3 million inhabitants.

Islands

The biggest islands of Europe include Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, the British Isles, Franz Josef Land, Iceland, the Balearic Islands, the Faroe Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Crete, Sicily, and Cyprus. Its significant landmasses include Italian, and Balkan, Jutland, and Iberian, Promontories. Indented by various bayous, and oceans, mainland Europe's exceptionally unpredictable coastline is around 38,000 km long.

Europe is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the southeast bay, waters connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. To the east, the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea divide Europe and Asia.

Resources

With everything taken into account, Europe is enjoying considerable resources of soil, minerals, coal, and forests, yet its kin is progressively its central asset. This continent consists of less than the one-tenth populace of the world. Its people are amazing; they are well educated and highly skilled. Europe is supporting its urban regions as well. A developing level of individuals in urban territories is utilized in a full scope of administration exercises, which have come to rule most nations' economies.