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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
Yangon
South 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.