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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a group of diverse tropical countries between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, featuring cultures influenced by both and and hosting large communities of Overseas Chinese.
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Top destinations include Indonesia and Philippines.

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is a huge archipelago of diverse islands scattered over both sides of the Equator between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. With extensive rainforests on its 17,000 islands, is nicknamed The Emerald of the Equator.

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The , officially the Republic of the , is an archipelago of more than 7,100 islands in Southeast Asia. The country has one of the world's longest coastlines with many fine beaches and excellent diving.

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is the most visited country in Southeast Asia, and for good reason. You can find thick jungle as green as can be, crystal blue waters that feel more like a warm bath than a swim in the ocean, and food that can curl your nose hairs while tap dancing across your taste buds.

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is a country in Southeast Asia, on the Malay Peninsula, as well as on northern . The country is one of Asia's tiger economies, having seen great economic and human development during the last several decades.

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is a country in Southeast Asia with great food and a wealth of natural and cultural attractions. Despite the turmoil of the War, has emerged from the ashes since the 1990s and is undergoing rapid economic development, driven by its young and industrious population.

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, or Burma is a country in Southeast Asia. The country features awe-inspiring ancient temples, lively local markets, and captivating landscapes, such as unspoiled beaches, picturesque hills, and verdant forests.

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The Kingdom of is in Southeast Asia. While the commemorates 's glorious history, the country has been ravaged by colonialism, the Indochina Wars, and the Khmer Rouge regime, and remains one of Asia's poorest countries.

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is the only landlocked nation in Southeast Asia. Formerly a colony, it is one of the few remaining communist states in the world, but Laotian official ideology is closer to the Chinese one.

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is a city-state in Southeast Asia. Modern was founded as a trading colony in 1819, and since independence, it has become one of the world's most prosperous countries and boasts one of the world's busiest ports.

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The Democratic Republic of , commonly known as or East Timor, is one of the world's newest countries: after a long struggle, it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 and is now an off-the-beaten-path destination for diving and adventure.

Southeast Asia

  • Type: region with 684,000,000 residents
  • Description: south-eastern region of Asia
  • Also known as: “Asia, Southeastern”, “SE Asia”, “SEA”, “South East Asia”, “South-east Asia”, and “Southeastern Asia”
  • Neighbors: and
  • Location:
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Latitude of center
10.527° or 10° 31′ 37″ north
Longitude of center
108.9446° or 108° 56′ 40″ east
Population
684,000,000
Wiki­data ID
Q11708
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Southeast Asia” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Asia Teunggara”
  • Afrikaans: “Suidoos-Asië”
  • Albanian: “Azia Juglindore”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ-ምስራቅ እስያ”
  • Arabic: “جنوب شرق آسيا”
  • Armenian: “Հարավ-Արևելյան Ասիա”
  • Armenian: “Հարավարևելյան Ասիա”
  • Arpitan: “Asia du Sud-Èste”
  • Arpitan: “Asia du Sud-Levant”
  • Asturian: “Sureste asiáticu”
  • Asturian: “Sureste Asiáticu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub-Şərqi Asiya”
  • Balinese: “Asia Kelod-Kangin”
  • Bashkir: “Көньяҡ-Көнсығыш Азия”
  • Basque: “Hego-ekialdeko Asia”
  • Batak Toba: “Asia Anggoni”
  • Bavarian: “Siadostasien”
  • Bavarian: “Sidostasien”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Усходняя Азія”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Ўсходняя Азія”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব এশিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Asia Kidul-wètan”
  • Bhojpuri: “दक्खिन पुरुब एशिया”
  • Bosnian: “Jugoistočna Azija”
  • Breton: “Azia ar gevred”
  • Breton: “Azia ar Gevred”
  • Buginese: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Bulgarian: “Югоизточна Азия”
  • Burmese: “အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ”
  • Catalan: “Àsia del sud-est”
  • Catalan: “Àsia Sud-oriental”
  • Catalan: “sud-est asiàtic”
  • Cebuano: “Habagatan-sidlakang Asya”
  • Cebuano: “Habagatang Sidlakang Asya”
  • Cebuano: “HS Asya”
  • Central Bikol: “Habagatan-subangan na Asya”
  • Central Kanuri: “Anəmgədi Asia bǝ”
  • Central Kurdish: “باشووری ڕۆژھەڵاتی ئاسیا”
  • Chavacano: “Asia Sudoriental”
  • Chavacano: “Sudeste Asiático”
  • Chinese: “Tang-lâm A-chiu”
  • Chinese: “东南亚”
  • Chinese: “東南亞”
  • Chuvash: “Кăнтăр-Тухăç Ази”
  • Croatian: “Jugoistočna Azija”
  • Czech: “jihovýchodní Asie”
  • Czech: “Jihovýchodní Asie”
  • Danish: “Sydøstasien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Asya Verocê Rocvetışi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Asyay Verocê Rocvetışi”
  • Dutch: “Zuidoost-Azië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنوب شرق اسيا”
  • Esperanto: “SE-Azio”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Orienta Azio”
  • Esperanto: “Sudeosta Azio”
  • Esperanto: “Sudorienta Azio”
  • Estonian: “Kagu-Aasia”
  • Faroese: “Landsynningsásia”
  • Finnish: “Kaakkois-Aasia”
  • French: “Asie du Sud-Est”
  • French: “Sud-Est asiatique”
  • Galician: “Sueste asiático”
  • Gan Chinese: “東南亞”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი აზია”
  • German: “Süd-Ost-Asien”
  • German: “Südostasien”
  • German: “Südöstliches Asien”
  • Greek: “Νοτιοανατολική Ασία”
  • Guarani: “Ñembykuarahyresẽ Asia”
  • Guarani: “Ñembykuarahyresẽ Ásia”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-nàm-â”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-nàm-”
  • Hebrew: “דרום-מזרח אסיה”
  • Hindi: “आग्नेय एशिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणपूर्व एशिया”
  • Hungarian: “Délkelet-Ázsia”
  • Iban: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Icelandic: “Suðaustur-Asía”
  • Ido: “Sud-westal Azia”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan a daya nga Asia”
  • Iloko: “Akin-abagatan a daya nga Asia”
  • Inari Sami: “maadânuorttâ-Aasia”
  • Indonesian: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Irish: “an Áise Thoir Theas”
  • Irish: “Oirdheisceart na hÁise”
  • Italian: “Asia del Sud-est”
  • Italian: “sud-est asiatico”
  • Italian: “Sud-est asiatico”
  • Japanese: “南東アジア”
  • Japanese: “東南アジア”
  • Javanese: “Asia Kidul-wétan”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Asia Kabaatan Kosilahon”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Kannada: “ಆಗ್ನೇಯ ಏಷ್ಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Qubla-shig’is Aziya”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Qubla-shıǵıs Aziya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла-Кюнчыгъыш Азия”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік-шығыс Азия”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік-Шығыс Азия”
  • Khmer: “អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍”
  • Kinaray-A: “Asya nabagatnan-nasidlangan”
  • Kinaray-A: “nabagatnan-nasidlangan nga Asya”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк-Чыгыш Азия”
  • Komering: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Komering: “Asiya Darak Ngahulu”
  • Korean: “남동 아시아”
  • Korean: “남동아시아”
  • Korean: “동남 아시아”
  • Korean: “동남아”
  • Korean: “동남아세아”
  • Korean: “동남아시아”
  • Kotava: “Geronefa Asia”
  • Kurdish: “Başûr-rojhilatê Asyayê”
  • Lao: “ອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້”
  • Latin: “Asia austro-orientalis”
  • Latin: “Asia Meridiorientalis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidaustrumāzija”
  • Lingala: “Azía ya Súdi-Monyɛlɛ”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Asia sude-este”
  • Literary Chinese: “東南亞”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietryčių Azija”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Krotkozajtšna Azija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südostasien”
  • Macedonian: “Југоисточна Азија”
  • Magahi: “दक्खिनपूरुब एसिया”
  • Magahi: “दक्षिणपूर्व एसिया”
  • Malagasy: “Azia Atsimo Atsinanana”
  • Malagasy: “Azia Atsimo-Atsinanana”
  • Malay: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Malay: “اسيا تڠݢارا”
  • Malayalam: “തെക്കുകിഴക്കേ ഏഷ്യ”
  • Marathi: “आग्नेय आशिया”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dĕ̤ng-nàng-ā”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-lâm-a”
  • Minangkabau: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე-ბჟაეიოლი აზია”
  • Mongolian: “Зүүн Өмнөд Ази”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “تصنيف:حيوانات د جنوب شرق آسيا”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߖ߭ߌ߫ ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߯ߕߟߋ߬ߓߐ”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिणपूर्व एसिया”
  • Nias: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüduastaasien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørøst-Asia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Søraust-Asia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “søraustlege Asia”
  • Norwegian: “Sørøst-Asia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Asia del Sud-Èst”
  • Pampanga: “Mauling Aslagang Asia”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ-ਪੂਰਬੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ”
  • Persian: “جنوب شرق آسیا”
  • Persian: “جنوب شرقی آسیا”
  • Polish: “Azja Południowo-Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Sudeste Asiático”
  • Pushto: “سوېل ختيځه اسيا”
  • Romanian: “Asia de Sud-Est”
  • Russian: “Юго-Восточная Азия”
  • Rusyn: “Юговыходна Азія”
  • Rusyn: “Южновыходна Азія”
  • Samogitian: “Pėitrītiu Azėjė”
  • Sanskrit: “आग्नेय एशिया”
  • Sanskrit: “आग्नेय जम्बुद्वीपः”
  • Sanskrit: “आग्नेयजम्बुद्वीपः”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिणपूर्व एशिया”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢᱼᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱥ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ, ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ”
  • Saraiki: “جنوب مشرقی ایشیاء”
  • Sardinian: “Àsia sud-orientale”
  • Serbian: “SEA”
  • Serbian: “Југоисточна Азија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jugoistočna Azija”
  • Shan: “ဢေးသျႃး ၸဵင်ႇၸၢၼ်းဝၼ်းဢွၵ်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ဢေးသျႃးၸဵင်ႇၸၢၼ်းဝၼ်းဢွၵ်ႇ”
  • Sicilian: “Asia dû Sud-est”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ اوڀر ايشيا”
  • Sinhala: “අග්නිදිග ආසියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “saujjnuõrtt-Aasia”
  • Slovak: “Juhovýchodná Ázia”
  • Slovenian: “Jugovzhodna Azija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوب‌شرقی آسیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی دوغو آسیا”
  • Spanish: “Asia Sudoriental”
  • Spanish: “Asia Suroriental”
  • Spanish: “Sudeste Asiatico”
  • Spanish: “Sudeste Asiático”
  • Spanish: “Sudeste de Asia”
  • Spanish: “Sureste Asiatico”
  • Spanish: “Sureste Asiático”
  • Spanish: “Sureste de Asia”
  • Sundanese: “Asia Kidul Wétan”
  • Sundanese: “Asia Tenggara”
  • Sundanese: “ᮃᮞᮤᮃ ᮊᮤᮓᮥᮜ᮪ ᮝᮦᮒᮔ᮪”
  • Swahili: “Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki”
  • Swedish: “Sydostasien”
  • Swedish: “Sydöstasien”
  • Swiss German: “Südostasien”
  • Tagalog: “Timog-silangang Asya”
  • Tajik: “Осиёи Ҷанубу Шарқӣ”
  • Talysh: “Nyso-Həšipemə Asijə”
  • Tamil: “தென்கிழக்காசியா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк-көнчыгыш Азия”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк-Көнчыгыш Азия”
  • Telugu: “ఆగ్నేయ ఆసియా”
  • Thai: “อินเดียไกล”
  • Thai: “อุษาคเนย์”
  • Thai: “เอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้”
  • Thai: “เอเชียอาคเนย์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Südostasien”
  • Turkish: “Güneydoğu Asya”
  • Turkmen: “Günorta-Gündogar Aziýa”
  • Uighur: “شەرقىي جەنۇبىي ئاسىيا”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Східна Азія”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مشرقی ایشیا”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مشرقی ایشیاء”
  • Uzbek: “Janubi-Sharqiy Osiyo”
  • Venetian: “Sud-est aziàtego”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Nam Á”
  • Vlaams: “Zuudôost-Azië”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan-Sinirangan nga Asya”
  • Welsh: “De-ddwyrain Asia”
  • Western Frisian: “Súdeast-Aazje”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوب مشرقی ایشیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لموچی چڑھدا ایشیا”
  • Wolof: “Bëj-saalum-penku Asi”
  • Wu Chinese: “东南亚”
  • Wu Chinese: “东南亚国家”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруулуу-илин Азия”
  • Yiddish: “דרום-מזרח אזיע”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúsù-Ìlàòrùn Ásíà”
  • Yue Chinese: “東南亞”
  • Zhuang: “doengnamzya”
  • “Asia Tenggara”
  • “Pėitrītiu Azėjė”
  • “SEA”
  • “दक्खिन पुरुब एशिया”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Southeast Asia”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.