Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia, is the southeastern part of Asia. There are ten 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 in Southeast Asia:
- Aceh
- Template:Country data Bangsamoro
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Cordillera
- East Timor (or Timor-Leste)
- Guangxi
- Hainan
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Japanese Zhanjiang
- Laos
- Macau
- Malaya
- Myanmar (formerly Burma)
- Pattani
- Philippines
- Template:Country data Sabah
- Sarawak
- Singapore
- South Maluku
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- West Papua
The United Nations also includes the region of North-east India and Bangladesh traditionally, due to ethnicity similarities and culturally as part of Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia Media
The UN Statistics Division for Asia are based on convenience rather than implying any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories:* Central Asia* Eastern Asia* Northern Asia* South-eastern Asia* Southern Asia* Western 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
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.