Southeast Asia [e] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [5]

Apr 11, 2021 · Southeast Asia is a region comprised of 11 different countries, all with their own languages and cultures. Approximately 674 million people live in the region.

Jan 25, 2025 · 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 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.

Apr 16, 2021 · Southeast Asia is one of the 5 Asian regions, lying almost entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, between China to the north and Australia to the southeast. The region covers about 4.5 million km 2 and has a population of over 650 million, making it Asia’s third-most populated geographical region after East Asia and South Asia.

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.

Jan 25, 2025 · Characteristic of insular (or archipelagic) Southeast Asia are the chains of islands—the Malay and Philippine archipelagoes—that have been formed along the boundaries of the three crustal segments of the Earth that meet there. Crustal instability is …