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001 – World. Southeast Asia[ a] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [ 5] Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of ...
Mainland Southeast Asia (also known as Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It includes the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand ...
asean .org. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [ c] commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, [ d] is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia. Together, its member states represent a population of over 600 million and land area of over 4.5 million km 2 (1.7 million sq mi). [ 13]
Member states of ASEAN. As of 2010, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has 10 member states, one candidate member state, and one observer state. ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five member states: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is headquartered in Jakarta .
Maritime Southeast Asia comprises the countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and East Timor. [ 3] The terms Island Southeast Asia and Insular Southeast Asia are sometimes given the same meaning as Maritime Southeast Asia. [ a] Other definitions restrict Island Southeast Asia to just the islands between mainland ...
Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor Dhaka Bangladesh 6,594,962 (2013) North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam. South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. Islamabad Pakistan 1,330,000 (2011)
Malaysia is a federal constitutional elective monarchy; the only federal country in Southeast Asia. [73] The system of government is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system, a legacy of British rule. [74] The head of state is the King, whose official title is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
The history of Southeast Asia covers the people of Southeast Asia from prehistory to the present in two distinct sub-regions: Mainland Southeast Asia (or Indochina) and Maritime Southeast Asia (or Insular Southeast Asia). Mainland Southeast Asia comprises Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (or Burma), Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam whereas ...