Sunday, April 12, 2009

Is Malaysia the country that is on the Indochinese and Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia?

If not what country in Southeast Asia is located on the Malay and Indochinese Peninsulas?

THANKS!


well... yes, is one of them

Indochina comprises the territory of the following countries:

* in strict sense, only the former colonial French Indochina:

o Cambodia

o Laos

o Vietnam

* in the wider sense, better described as Mainland Southeast Asia, it includes furthermore:

o Peninsular Malaysia (comprising the southern end of the Malay peninsula but none of the Malay islands)

o Myanmar (formerly Burma and part of British India until 1947)

o Singapore (also considered part of Maritime Southeast Asia if the man-made Johor-Singapore Causeway is not taken into account)

o Thailand (formerly Siam)

The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Tanah Melayu) (Thai: คาบสมุทรมลายู) is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Kra Peninsula and runs approximately north-south through the Kra Isthmus.

The coastal waters are (clockwise from northeast) the Gulf of Thailand, the South China Sea (opposite Borneo), the Straits of Johor (opposite Singapore), the Straits of Singapore (along Singapore's western coasts), the Straits of Malacca (opposite Sumatra) and the Andaman Sea.

The area is divided politically:

* the northwest is the extreme south part of Myanmar (Burma)

* the central region and northeast is the south part of Thailand

* the south is the part of Malaysia called Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia (which should not be confused with the larger Malay Peninsula).

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