Southeast Asia
south-eastern region of Asia
(Redirected from South-East Asia)
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia, is the southeastern part of Asia. There are 11 countries in this region. All the countries in Southeast Asia are a part of ASEAN, except for East Timor. Some of the countries are mostly on the Asian mainland; they were formerly called Indochina. The others are only on islands. All of the countries in Southeast Asia are in the tropics except for the northernmost areas of Myanmar, which is in the subtropics.[1]
These are the countries and territories in Southeast Asia:
Brunei
Cambodia
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
East Timor (or Timor-Leste)
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
The United Nations also includes the region of Northeast India and Southeast Bangladesh traditionally, due to ethnicity similarities and culturally as part of Southeast Asia.
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