Asia Geography Decoder

Solve the short clues about Asia. Combine the first letters of each answer to form an Asian location.
Except for the final location, all the answers are a single word
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Clue
Answer
S
Vast region in Russia
Siberia
R
Chinese staple crop
Rice
I
Mainland Southeast Asia
Indochina
J
Indonesia's capital
Jakarta
A
Kardashian family's country
Armenia
Y
Huang He ( _____ river)
Yellow
A
Cambodian temple
Angkor Wat
W
Language of 80 mil. speakers
Wu
A
Site of the Taj Mahal
Agra
R
Sea bordering 8 countries
Red
D
Capital of India?
Delhi
E
Companion of the Tigris
Euphrates
N
City hit by an atomic bomb
Nagasaki
 
Clue
Answer
A
There are 1001 of these nights
Arabian
P
"Country" next to Israel
Palestine
U
World's coldest capital
Ulaanbaatar
R
Mecca country's capital
Riyadh
A
First country alphabetically
Afghanistan
K
Tallest mountain in Pakistan
K2
O
Artistic paper folding
Origami
T
Site of an epic Homeric war
Troy
T
"Republic of China"
Taiwan
E
Timor-Leste in English
East Timor
 
 
 
Final Asian Location
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
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35 Comments
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Level 66
Feb 8, 2016
I knew after four questions that the answer was the capital of Sri Lanka, I just had no idea how to spell it.
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Level 94
Sep 30, 2016
That isn't the capital of Sri Lanka...
+28
Level 86
Oct 2, 2016
It is.
+5
Level 43
Oct 17, 2016
Colombo used to be the capital, now the capital is something I cannot guess without every clue (missing one W is enough for me to not get it)
+6
Level 50
Dec 7, 2017
'Kotte' is a type-in.
+2
Level 63
Dec 13, 2023
And SJK.
+1
Level 47
Jul 3, 2024
bruh that wouldve been useful if I read the comments
+1
Level 53
Sep 28, 2020
Sri Lanka has 2 capital cities
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Level 70
Dec 19, 2023
you're incorrect
+1
Level 47
Jul 3, 2024
why do you say that @TheodoreE45
+4
Level 63
Jan 11, 2018
@JBlouw1850 the way i remember how to spell it is :

Sri Jay Warden Pure Kotte -----> Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

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Level 65
Mar 17, 2021
This changes everything..
+3
Level 46
May 9, 2023
I just think about how pure Mahela Jayawardene's (the former Sri Lankan cricketer) stroke play is before then adding Sri and one of the tallest cricket grounds in the world before the tsunami (Kotte)
+3
Level 79
Dec 13, 2023
Or Sri Jellyfish Tempura
+1
Level 76
Mar 29, 2025
I think there's another A in there somewhere
+2
Level 39
Apr 7, 2016
Wasn't a bomb dropped on Hiroshima as well?
+5
Level 66
Apr 9, 2016
Yes.
+4
Level 52
Dec 13, 2023
Wouldn't work with the quiz now would it...
+4
Level 86
Oct 2, 2016
New Delhi?
+1
Level 60
Jan 18, 2017
I was wondering the same thing...
+4
Level 66
Jan 18, 2017
New Delhi is the correct name of the capital of India. I used a question mark is show that it's cryptic.
+2
Level 89
Aug 16, 2020
I got it easily with the question mark in the clue.
+1
Level 70
Dec 19, 2023
you're pretty formidable
+3
Level 53
Aug 8, 2017
It only took me three answers to guess the final location yet I only got 22/24.
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Level 70
Dec 19, 2023
i got all of them
+3
Level 59
Aug 13, 2020
Nagasaki was not the only city to be hit by a bomb, so was Hiroshima. Please specify
+9
Level 91
Aug 13, 2020
Well, if it's not one it's obviously the other, right? And the final location only works with the N.
+4
Level 73
Jan 6, 2023
Wu is very very nonspecific here.
+5
Level 59
Jan 6, 2023
It is specific enough, considering the answer has to start with a W. That's the entire point of a decoder.
+5
Level 83
Jan 22, 2024
The spelling of the capital is Sri JayawardEnepura Kotte, not Jayawardenapura. Would have liked it more with the right spelling. Enjoyed the quiz otherwise!
+4
Level 68
Jun 30, 2024
Strange to include this sea in an asian quiz, with 4 non asian countries bordering it.
+1
Level 81
Dec 8, 2025
Yeah, I thought about the Red Sea, but discarded it since it doesn't border seven Asian countries.
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Level 69
Dec 8, 2025
Is it bad that I guessed Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte after I got two letters?
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Level 55
Feb 3, 2026
"COUNTRY" sure bro
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Level 38
Mar 30, 2026
"country" for Palestine go f*** yourself