Asia

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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include India and Pakistan.

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, the largest country in South Asia, has many of the world's highest mountains, most populated cities, and longest rivers. As one of the great civilisations of the ancient world, 's heritage and culture is a rich amalgam of the past and present.

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The Islamic Republic of is a country at the crossroads of Western, , South and . Conceived as a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia, the country's tourism industry had its heyday during the 1960s thanks to the Hippie Trail.

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, formerly known as Ceylon, is in South Asia. In the Indian Ocean just south of , is an island known for its natural beauty. has stunning beaches all along its coastline, great wildlife and biodiversity, tea plantations, orchards, temples, monuments, and a cultural heritage dating back several millennia.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Bangladesh and Nepal.

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The People's Republic of is a country in South Asia, on the edge of the Indian subcontinent. The country is endowed with pristine beaches, numerous archaeological sites, bustling markets, numerous sites of religious importance, forests, delicious food, and more importantly, hospitable and friendly people.

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is a landlocked country in the in South Asia. It has eight of the world's 10 highest peaks, including , the world's tallest, on the border with , as well as , the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

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The Kingdom of is a small country in the between and . Besides the stunning natural scenery, the enduring image of the country for most visitors is the strong sense of culture and tradition that binds the kingdom and clearly distinguishes it from its larger neighbours.

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The are an archipelago in the with picture-perfect beaches, strikingly blue water, and luxury resorts. There are 200 inhabited islands and 165 islands with tourist resorts.

South Asia

Latitude of center
22.2° or 22° 12′ north
Longitude of center
78° east
Population
2,030,000,000
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 آسيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوب اسيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوبي آسيا”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Ասիա”
  • 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: “दक्खिन एशिया”
  • 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”
  • 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: “Lâm A-chiu”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Asía”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan nga Asia”
  • Iloko: “Akin-abagatan nga Asia”
  • Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Aasia”
  • Indonesian: “Asia Selatan”
  • Ingush: “ЗӀилбухера Ази”
  • Irish: “an Áise Theas”
  • Italian: “Asia del Sud”
  • Italian: “Asia meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南アジア”
  • Javanese: “Asia Kidul”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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: “दक्षिणजम्बुद्वीपः”
  • 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: “దక్షణాసియా”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • “Asia Selatan”
  • “दक्खिन एशिया”

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