All eleven states of Southeast Asia are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Asia consists of 48 countries, three of which are transcontinental. Given its large size, Asia has been subdivided based on many factors, including cultural, political, and physiographical. Physiographically, there are five major regions of Asia: Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Western Asia. As you may or may not already know, Asia is the largest continent on Earth, followed by Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, and then Australia. Asia itself is divided up into eight regions, including West Asia, Northeast Asia, North Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle Asia, Southwest Asia, South Siberia, and East Asia. For the sake of this blog post, we are going to focus our attention on the Southeastern countries of Asia. The southeastern countries of Asia are a collective array of islands ... Map of Southeast Asia Political Map of Southeast Asia The map shows the countries and main regions of Southeast Asia with surrounding bodies of water, international borders, major volcanoes, major islands, main cities, and capitals. You are free to use the above map for educational and similar purposes (fair use); please refer to the Nations Online Project.
