South Asia

South Asia, also known as the Indian subcontinent, is a triangular landmass bordered by the in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, and the Ganges and Indus river valleys in east and west.
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South Asia

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Latitude of center
22.2° or 22° 12′ north
Longitude of center
78° east
Wiki­data ID
Q771405

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Asia” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Asia Seulatan”
  • Achinese: “Asia Tunong”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Asië”
  • Albanian: “Azia Jugore”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ እስያ”
  • Arabic: “آسيا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “جنوب اسيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوبي آسيا”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Ասիա”
  • Assamese: “দক্ষিণ এছিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Asia del Sur”
  • Asturian: “Asia Meridional”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Asiya”
  • Balinese: “Asia Kelod”
  • Bashkir: “Көньяҡ Азия”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Asia”
  • Bavarian: “Siadasien”
  • Bavarian: “Sidasien”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Азія”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ এশিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Asia Kidul”
  • Bhojpuri: “दक्खिनी एशिया”
  • Bosnian: “Južna Azija”
  • Brahui: “Soelí Eşíá”
  • Breton: “Azia ar Su”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Азия”
  • Burmese: “တောင်အာရှ”
  • Catalan: “Àsia del sud”
  • Catalan: “Àsia meridional”
  • Catalan: “sud d’Àsia”
  • Cebuano: “Habagatang Asya”
  • Central Bikol: “Habagatan na Asya”
  • Central Bikol: “Sur na Asya”
  • Central Kurdish: “باشووری ئاسیا”
  • Central Okinawan: “ふぇーアジア”
  • Chechen: “Къилба Ази”
  • Chinese: “南亚”
  • Chinese: “南亞”
  • Chinese: “南亞洲”
  • Chuvash: “Кăнтăр Ази”
  • Cornish: “Asi Soth”
  • Corsican: “Asia di u Sudu”
  • Corsican: “Asia meridiunale”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cenübiy Asiya”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kúnbetí-Asiye”
  • Croatian: “Južna Azija”
  • Czech: “Jižní Asie”
  • Danish: “Sydasien”
  • Dhivehi: “ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Asyay Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Asyaya Veroci”
  • Dotyali: “दक्षिण एसिया”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Azië”
  • Dutch: “Zuidelijk Azië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنوب اسيا”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Azio”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Aasia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “South Asia”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Aasia”
  • French: “Asie du Sud”
  • French: “Asie méridionale”
  • Galician: “Asia Meridional”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი აზია”
  • German: “Südasien”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ασία”
  • Guarani: “Ñemby Asia”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ એશિયા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-”
  • Hebrew: “דרום אסיה”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण एशिया”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Ázsia”
  • Iban: “Asia Selatan”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Asía”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan nga Asia”
  • Iloko: “Akin-abagatan nga Asia”
  • Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Aasia”
  • Indonesian: “Asia Selatan”
  • Ingush: “ЗӀилбухера Ази”
  • Interlingua: “Asia del Sud”
  • Irish: “an Áise Theas”
  • Italian: “Asia del Sud”
  • Italian: “Asia meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南アジア”
  • Javanese: “Asia Kidul”
  • Javanese: “Asia Selatan”
  • Javanese: “Asiah Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಏಷ್ಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Qubla Aziya”
  • Kashmiri: “جۆنوٗبی ایشیا”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Азия”
  • Khmer: “អាស៊ីខាងត្បូង”
  • Kinaray-A: “Asya Nabagatnan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Nabagatnan nga Asya”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Азия”
  • Komering: “Asia Hulu”
  • Komering: “Asiya Hulu”
  • Korean: “남아시아”
  • Kotava: “Geefa Asia”
  • Lao: “ອາຊີໃຕ້”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidāzija”
  • Lingala: “Azía ya Sidi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Asia sude”
  • Literary Chinese: “南亞”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Azija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südasien”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна Азија”
  • Magahi: “दक्खिन एसिया”
  • Magahi: “दक्षिण एसिया”
  • Maithili: “दक्षिण एसिया”
  • Malagasy: “Azia Atsimo”
  • Malay: “Asia Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യ”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण आशिया”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng-ā”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm A-chiu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-a”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე აზია”
  • Moksha: “Лямбеширень Азия”
  • Moksha: “Лямбеширень Азиясь”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Ази”
  • Navajo: “Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikédaayah”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण एशिया”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण एसिया”
  • Newari: “दक्षिण एसिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdaasien”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Ásia”
  • Northern Sami: “Mátta-Ásia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Asia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Asia”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Asia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Asia del Sud”
  • Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଏସିଆ”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Ази”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Asia”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਊਥ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ”
  • Persian: “جنوب آسیا”
  • Polish: “Azja Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Ásia Meridional”
  • Portuguese: “Sul Asiático”
  • Portuguese: “Sul da Ásia”
  • Pushto: “سوېلي اسيا”
  • Romanian: “Asia de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Asia S”
  • Romanian: “Asia Sudică”
  • Romanian: “regiunea Asiei de Sud”
  • Russian: “Южная Азия”
  • Sakizaya: “itimulay nu Ya-cuo”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिण एशिया”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिण जम्बुद्वीपः”
  • Sanskrit: “दाक्षिणात्य जम्बुद्वीपः”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Àsia meridionale”
  • Scots: “Sooth Asie”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Азија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Azija”
  • Sindhi: “ڏاکڻي ايشيا”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ ايشيا”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු ආසියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Aasia”
  • Slovak: “Južná Ázia”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Azija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی آسیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی آسیا”
  • Spanish: “Asia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Asia meridional”
  • Spanish: “Sur de Asia”
  • Sundanese: “Asia Kidul”
  • Swahili: “Asia ya Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Södra Asien”
  • Swedish: “Sydasien”
  • Sylheti: “ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Asya”
  • Tajik: “Осиёи Ҷанубӣ”
  • Talysh: “Nyso Asijə”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஆசியா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Азия”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఆసియా”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణాసియా”
  • Thai: “เอเชียใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Asya”
  • Turkmen: “Günorta Aziýa”
  • Tyap: “A̱siya A̱tak”
  • Tyap: “A̱tak A̱siya”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Азія”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ایشیا”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Osiyo”
  • Venetian: “Àzia Meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Á”
  • Vlaams: “Zuud-Azië”
  • Vlax Romani: “Sudutni Asiya”
  • Volapük: “Sulüda-Siyop”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Asya”
  • Welsh: “De Asia”
  • Western Frisian: “Súd-Aazje”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی ایشیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لما ایشیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لموچی ایشیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “南亞”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу Азия”
  • Yiddish: “דרום אזיע”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúsù Ásíà”
  • Yue Chinese: “南亞”
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