Asia Wetan
nyaeta hiji
sub-wewengkon
di
Asia
nu bisa didefinisikeun boh sacara
geograpis
atawa sacara
budaya
. Sacara geografis, Asia Wetan ngawengku kurang leuwih 12,000,000 km², atawa 28% tina
buana
Asia sarta 15% leuwih gede ti batan area
Eropa
. Leuwih ti 1.5
miliar
jalma, kurang leuwih 40% populasi
Asia
atawa saparapatna jumlah jalma sadunya, nu hirup di Asia Wetan geografis, kurang leuwih dua kalieun populasi Eropa. Wewengkon ieu mangrupa salah sahiji tempat pangramena sadunya. Kapadetan populasina 130 per km², tilu kalieun rata-rata sadunya.
Culturally, it embraces those societies that have long been part of the
Chinese cultural sphere
:
This combination of
language
,
political philosophy
, and
religion
(as well as art, architecture, holidays and festivals, etc.) overlaps with the geographical designation of east Asia for the most part, with a few exceptions, such as the
overseas Chinese
(including those in
Singapore
,
Malaysia
,
Vietnam
, and the
West
).
east Asia
and
eastern Asia
(the latter form preferred by the
United Nations
) are both more modern terms for the traditional European name the
Far East
, which describes the region's geographical position in relation to
Europe
rather than its location within Asia. However, in contrast to the
United Nations
definition, east Asia commonly is used to refer to the eastern part of Asia, as the term implies.
Other uses of the term East Asia
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Asia Wetan
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Geographical East Asia
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Geographic East Asia shaded in dark green, cultural and other possible definitions shaded in light green
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Nama Tionghoa
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Hanzi tradisional
:
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東亞
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Hanzi basajan
:
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Ngaran Jepang
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Kanji
:
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東アジア
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Kana
:
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ひがしアジア
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Ngaran Korea
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Hangul
:
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東아시아
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Hanja
:
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東亞細亞
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Ngaran Mongolia
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Mongolia
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З??н Ази
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Zuun Azi
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All the countries in eastern Asia: the countries of
Southeast Asia
and eastern
Siberia
.
The following political entities are commonly seen as located in
geographic east Asia
:
The following peoples or societies are commonly seen as being encompassed by
cultural east Asia
:
Some consider the following countries or regions as part of east Asia, while others do not. Disagreements hinge on the difference between the cultural and geographic definitions of the term. Political perspective is also an important factor. In descending order in terms of the frequency with which they are described as
East Asian
:
In infrequent circumstances, the term
East Asia
is purposefully used to include all countries in Southeast Asia, especially when used in dualism with the term
West Asia
, the latter of which is then used to include those regions commonly considered West Asia,
Central Asia
and
Southwest Asia
.
Sub-wewengkon lianna di Asia
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