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5 days ago · Southeast Asia, vast region of Asia situated east of the Indian subcontinent and south of China. It consists of two dissimilar portions: a continental projection (commonly called mainland Southeast Asia) and a string of archipelagoes to the south and east of the mainland (insular Southeast Asia).
Southeast Asia is a region of Asia that encompasses to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, The Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, and Burma, which is interchangeable with Myanmar.
Southeast Asia consists of eleven countries that reach from eastern India to China, and is generally divided into “mainland” and “island” zones. The mainland ( Myanmar , Thailand , Laos , Cambodia , and Vietnam ) is actually an extension of the Asian continent.
Map of the Countries and Regions of Southeast Asia showing oceans, international borders, major volcanoes, major islands, main cities, and capitals, with links to country profiles for all countries in Southeast Asia.
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.
2 days ago · The Philippines is an island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Quezon City is the country’s most-populous city.
Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries south of China, east of India and north of Australia. South East Asia consists of two geographic regions: The Asian mainland and island arcs and archipelagoes to the east and southeast.
