Asia

East Asia

East Asia was the cradle of ancient civilizations such as Imperial China, ancient Korea, ancient Japan, and the Mongol Empire, and is today home to 1.6 billion people.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Japan and China.

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, known as Nihon or Nippon in Japanese, is an island nation in East Asia. Its insular character has allowed it to develop a unique and very intricate culture, while its closeness to other ancient East Asian cultures, in particular , has left lasting influence.

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is one of the world's oldest civilizations. Its long and rich history is present in people's thinking and values, and in the art, architecture, and feats of engineering that remain from dynasties past.

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, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. Known as the "Land of the Morning Calm", has served as a cultural bridge between its neighbors, and , for a long time.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Taiwan and Mongolia.

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is a self-governing group of islands off the coast of China. It is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Besides its crowded cities, is also known for steep mountains and lush forests.

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has wide open spaces for experiencing the outdoors for those who want adventure. Its vast and majestic emptiness is the country's enduring appeal: it brings the traveller into a close communion with nature and its nomadic inhabitants.

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, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK is the world's most isolated country and has usually been referred to as the "Hermit Kingdom".

East Asia

Latitude of center
37.8° or 37° 48′ north
Longitude of center
113.2° or 113° 12′ east
Population
1,620,000,000
Wiki­data ID
Q27231
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“East Asia” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Asia Timu”
  • Afrikaans: “Oos-Asië”
  • Albanian: “Azia Lindore”
  • Amharic: “ምስራቅ እስያ”
  • Arabic: “شرق آسيا”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Ասիա”
  • Arpitan: “Asia du Levant”
  • Assamese: “পূব এছিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Asia Oriental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Asiya”
  • Balinese: “Asia Kangin”
  • Banjar: “Asia Timur”
  • Bashkir: “Көнсығыш Азия”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Asia”
  • Batak Toba: “Asia Purba”
  • Bavarian: “Ostasien”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Азія”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব এশিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Asia Wètan”
  • Bhojpuri: “पूर्ब एशिया”
  • Bosnian: “Istočna Azija”
  • Breton: “Azia ar Reter”
  • Bulgarian: “Източна Азия”
  • Burmese: “အရှေ့အာရှ”
  • Catalan: “Àsia oriental”
  • Cebuano: “Sidlakang Asya”
  • Central Bikol: “Subangan na Asya”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕۆژھەڵاتی ئاسیا”
  • Central Okinawan: “あがりアジア”
  • Central Okinawan: “東アジア”
  • Chechen: “Малхбален Ази”
  • Chinese: “Tang A-chiu”
  • Chinese: “东亚”
  • Chinese: “東亞”
  • Chuvash: “Тухӑҫ Ази”
  • Corsican: “Asia orientale”
  • Corsican: “Asia urientale”
  • Croatian: “Istočna Azija”
  • Croatian: “Istok Azije”
  • Czech: “východní Asie”
  • Czech: “Východní Asie”
  • Danish: “Østasien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Asya Rocvetışi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Asyay Rocvetışi”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Azië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شرق اسيا”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Azio”
  • Estonian: “Ida-Aasia”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Aasia”
  • French: “Asie de l’Est”
  • French: “Asie orientale”
  • Galician: “Asia Oriental”
  • Gan Chinese: “東亞”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი აზია”
  • German: “Ostasien”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Ασία”
  • Guarani: “Kuarahyresẽ Asia”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח אסיה”
  • Hindi: “पूर्व एशिया”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी एशिया”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Ázsia”
  • Icelandic: “Austur-Asía”
  • Ido: “Estal Azia”
  • Iloko: “Akindaya nga Asia”
  • Iloko: “Daya nga Asia”
  • Inari Sami: “Nuorttâ-Aasia”
  • Indonesian: “Asia Timur”
  • Irish: “an Áise Thoir”
  • Italian: “Asia orientale”
  • Italian: “Estremo Oriente”
  • Japanese: “東アジア”
  • Javanese: “Asia Wétan”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಏಷ್ಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Shıg’ıs Aziya”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Shıǵıs Aziya”
  • Kashmiri: “مَشرِقی ایشیا”
  • Kazakh: “Шығыс Азия”
  • Khmer: “អាស៊ីខាងកើត”
  • Kinaray-A: “Asya Nasidlangan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Nasidlangan nga Asya”
  • Kirghiz: “Чыгыш Азия”
  • Komering: “Asia Darak”
  • Komering: “Asiya Darak”
  • Korean: “동아세아”
  • Korean: “동아시아”
  • Kotava: “Ronefa Asia”
  • Kurdish: “Asyaya Rojhilat”
  • Ladino: “Asya Oryentala”
  • Lao: “ອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກ”
  • Latin: “Asia orientalis”
  • Latvian: “Austrumāzija”
  • Limburgan: “Oos-Azië”
  • Lingala: “Azía ya Monyɛlɛ”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Asia este”
  • Literary Chinese: “東亞”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Azija”
  • Lombard: “Asia oriental”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ostasien”
  • Macedonian: “Источна Азија”
  • Malagasy: “Azia Atsinanana”
  • Malay: “Asia Timur”
  • Malay: “اسيا تيمور”
  • Malayalam: “പൂർവേഷ്യ”
  • Malayalam: “പൂർവ്വേഷ്യ”
  • Maori: “Āhia-ki-te-Rāwhiti”
  • Marathi: “पूर्व आशिया”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dĕ̤ng-ā”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-a”
  • Minangkabau: “Asia Timur”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟაეიოლი აზია”
  • Moksha: “Шистяма Азия”
  • Mongolian: “Дорнод Ази”
  • Nepali: “पूर्व एशिया”
  • Nepali: “पूर्वी एसिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uastaasien”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Ásia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Asia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Asia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “austlege Asia”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Asia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Asia de l’Èst”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Asia Orientala”
  • Oromo: “Eeshiyaa Bahaa”
  • Paiwan: “pasakacedas tua asiya”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ”
  • Persian: “شرق آسیا”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Eist Asya”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Eisten Asya”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Eistern Asya”
  • Polish: “Azja Wschodnia”
  • Polish: “Daleki Wschód”
  • Portuguese: “Ásia Oriental”
  • Portuguese: “Extremo Oriente”
  • Pushto: “ختيځه اسيا”
  • Romanian: “Asia de Est Îndepărtată”
  • Romanian: “Asia de Est”
  • Romanian: “Asia Orientală”
  • Russian: “Восточная Азия”
  • Sakizaya: “nuwalian nu Ya-Cuo”
  • Sanskrit: “पूर्व एशिया”
  • Sanskrit: “पूर्व जम्बुद्वीपः”
  • Sanskrit: “पूर्वजम्बुद्वीपः”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Àsia orientale”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Àisia an Ear”
  • Serbian: “Источна Азија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočna Azija”
  • Sicilian: “Asia livanti”
  • Sindhi: “اوڀر ايشيا”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර ආසියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Nuõrtt-Aasia”
  • Slovak: “Východná Ázia”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna Azija”
  • Somali: “Wadanamaha Bari Asia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دوغو آسیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرقی آسیا”
  • Spanish: “Asia Oriental”
  • Sundanese: “Asia Wétan”
  • Sundanese: “ᮃᮞᮤᮃ ᮝᮦᮒᮔ᮪”
  • Swahili: “Asia ya Mashariki”
  • Swedish: “Ostasien”
  • Swedish: “Östasien”
  • Tagalog: “Silangang Asya”
  • Tajik: “Осиёи Шарқӣ”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்காசியா”
  • Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Азия”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు ఆసియా”
  • Thai: “เอเชียตะวันออก”
  • Tibetan: “ཨེ་ཤ་ཡ་ཤར་མ་”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Asya”
  • Turkmen: “Gündogar Aziýa”
  • Tuvinian: “Мурнуу Азия”
  • Uighur: “شەرقىي ئاسىيا”
  • Ukrainian: “Далекий Схід”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна Азія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “wuchodna Azija”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wuchodna Azija”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی ایشیا”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی ایشیاء”
  • Uzbek: “Sharqiy Osiyo”
  • Venetian: “Àzia Orientałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Á Đông”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại Đông Á”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Á”
  • Vietnamese: “Viễn Đông”
  • Vlaams: “Ôost-Azië”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Asya”
  • Welsh: “Dwyrain Asia”
  • Western Frisian: “East-Aazje”
  • Western Panjabi: “چڑھدا ایشیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “مشرقی ایشیا”
  • Wolof: “Penku Asi”
  • Wu Chinese: “东亚”
  • Yakut: “Илин Азия”
  • Yiddish: “מזרח אזיע”
  • Yoruba: “Ìlàoòrùn Ásíà”
  • Yue Chinese: “東亞”
  • Zhuang: “Dunghya”
  • “Asia Timur”
  • “Asia Wetan”
  • “पूर्ब एशिया”

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