South East Asia
Area 4,523,000 km² Population 568,300,000 Density 126 per km² Countries 11 Territories 12 GDP $900 billion (exchange rate) $2.8 trillion (purchasing power parity) GDP per capita $1,584 (exchange rate) $4,927 (purchasing power parity) Languages Indonesian, Filipino, Vietnamese,Thai, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, Lao, Tetum, Nicobarese, Mandarin, English, Tamil, Kanarese, Portuguese, Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telugu, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Cebuano, Madura, Cantonese, Min, Taiwanese (Min Nan), and many others Time Zones UTC +9:00 (Indonesia) to UTC +5:30 (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Largest Cities Jakarta Manila Bangkok Ho Chi Minh City Surabaya Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hanoi Bandung Medan YangonSouth East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic and volcanic activity.
South East Asia consists of two geographic regions: the Asian mainland, and island arcs and archipelagoes to the east and southeast. The mainland section consists of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; the population of which are primarily Tai peoples and Austroasiatic peoples; the dominant religion is Buddhism, followed by Christianity. The maritime section consists of Brunei, East Timor,[1] Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Austronesian peoples predominate in this region; the dominant religion is Islam, followed by Christianity.
South East Asia
Area 4,523,000 km² Population 568,300,000 Density 126 per km² Countries 11 Territories 12 GDP $900 billion (exchange rate) $2.8 trillion (purchasing power parity) GDP per capita $1,584 (exchange rate) $4,927 (purchasing power parity) Languages Indonesian, Filipino, Vietnamese,Thai, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, Lao, Tetum, Nicobarese, Mandarin, English, Tamil, Kanarese, Portuguese, Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telugu, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Cebuano, Madura, Cantonese, Min, Taiwanese (Min Nan), and many others Time Zones UTC +9:00 (Indonesia) to UTC +5:30 (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Largest Cities Jakarta Manila Bangkok Ho Chi Minh City Surabaya Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hanoi Bandung Medan YangonSouth East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic and volcanic activity.
South East Asia consists of two geographic regions: the Asian mainland, and island arcs and archipelagoes to the east and southeast. The mainland section consists of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; the population of which are primarily Tai peoples and Austroasiatic peoples; the dominant religion is Buddhism, followed by Christianity. The maritime section consists of Brunei, East Timor,[1] Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Austronesian peoples predominate in this region; the dominant religion is Islam, followed by Christianity.
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