Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia, is the southeastern part of Asia. There are 11 countries in this region. All the countries in Southeast Asia are a part of ASEAN, except for East Timor. Some of the countries are mostly on the Asian mainland; they were formerly called Indochina. The others are only on islands. All of the countries in Southeast Asia are in the tropics except for the northernmost areas of Myanmar, which is in the subtropics.[1]
These are the countries and territories in Southeast Asia:
Brunei
Cambodia
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
East Timor (or Timor-Leste)
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
The United Nations also includes the region of Northeast India and Southeast Bangladesh traditionally, due to ethnicity similarities and culturally as part of Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia Media
States and regions of Southeast Asia
A political map of Southeast Asia
Megalithic statue found in Tegurwangi, Sumatra, Indonesia 1500 CE
The Austroasiatic and Austronesian expansions into Maritime Southeast Asia.
Bronze drum from Sông Đà, northern Vietnam. Mid-1st millennium BC
Hinduism expansion in Asia, from its heartland in Indian Subcontinent, to the rest of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, started circa 1st century marked with the establishment of early Hindu settlements and polities in Southeast Asia.
Borobudur temple in Central Java, Indonesia
Wapauwe Old Mosque is the oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia, and the second oldest in Southeast Asia, built in 1414
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References
- ↑ "Information about in Southeast Asia". 15 June 2019.
