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South East Asia
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Area	4 500 000 km²
Location
7 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N 116 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E
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TheSouth East Asia is a set of countriesAsia grouped between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the favorite regions for backpacker tourists with beautiful beaches, tasty cuisine, a developed air network and very moderate prices.

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Geography

Southeast Asia brings together two geographic areas: mainland Southeast Asia or Indochina, a peninsula on the Asian continent located between the China and theIndia, and the insular South-East Asia or Insulinde, a vast archipelago extending betweenAsia and theOceania.

The region is located at the intersection of tectonic plates with therefore strong seismic and volcanic activity.

History

The name is not old. It dates back to the creation in 1943 of the South East Asia Command or SEAC to take charge of all Allied operations in the region, thus giving an organizational form to the unified command of American, Australian, British and Dutch troops under a British general. The objective of the Allies was then the reconquest of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and British Malaysia.

The region was formerly called transgangetic India (meaning "beyond the Ganges"). This reference to India is explained by the fact that Southeast Asia is culturally strongly marked by Indian concepts and models.

Ancient Indian texts mention a region they call Suvarnabhumi, "the land of gold", or Suvarnadvipa, "the island of gold". Many historians believe that these names refer to Indonesia or even only Sumatra. The Greek geographer Ptolemy (90-168 AD) speaks of a “Golden Chersonesus”. The Persian scholar al-Biruni (973-1048 AD) attests that the Indians called the region which seems to correspond to Southeast Asia Suwarndib, that is, Suvarnadvipa. The Chinese called the region Kin Lin, kin meaning "gold".

Most of the countries of Southeast Asia benefited in the early 1990s from a massive influx of foreign capital which then withdrew, destabilizing the currency and then the economy of the countries.

Country

Cities

• 4.8933114.93931 Bandar Seri Begawan  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 11.55104.9166672 Phnom Penh  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 13.362222103.8597223 Siem Reap  (last update Feb. 2018)
• -6.2295106.75944 Jakarta  (last update Feb. 2018)
• -7.233333112.7333335 Surabaya  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 17.9666102.66 Vientiane (ວຽງ ຈັນ)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 19.893102.1387 Luang Prabang (ຫລວງ ພຣະ ບາງ)  –  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 3.159722101.78 Kuala Lumpur  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 17.34333396.4980569 Bago  – Formerly named Pegu. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 14.583120.96710 Manila  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 1.3103.811 Singapore  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 13.748100.51812 Bangkok  (last update Feb. 2018)
• -8.5586125.573613 Dili  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 21105.7514 Hanoi  (last update Feb. 2018)

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