Thursday, October 23, 2008

Overview on SEA countries.

Firstly, I shall post an overview for South-East Asian countries. It will include information on the countries, and probably some useless trivia that people might actually find interesting.
Enjoy :D
I'm referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia for most of the information, just paraphrased, plus my own comments about the countries.

Location of SEA! It's highlighted in green.


Countries in South East Asia:
  1. Brunei
  2. Cambodia
  3. East Timor
  4. Indonesia
  5. Laos
  6. Malaysia
  7. Myanmar
  8. Philipines
  9. Thailand
  10. Vietnam
  11. Singapore

Ten of the countries stated above are part of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN, in case I've never mentioned it before.). The only country which is not, East Timor (a.k.a Timor Leste), is an ASEAN candidate state.

Let's start with Brunei.
Taken from http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcbrunei.htm.
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia
Geographic coordinates: 4 30 N, 114 40 E
Climate: tropical; hot, humid, rainy

Population: 372,361 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.6% (male 54,342/female 52,084) 15-64 years: 68.4% (male 134,908/female 119,814)
65 years and over: 3% (male 5,301/female 5,912) (2005 est.)

Country name:
conventional long form: Negara Brunei Darussalam
conventional short form: Brunei

Next, Cambodia.
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blccambodia.htm
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N, 105 00 E
Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation


Population: 13,607,069 note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 37.3% (male 2,559,734/female 2,510,235)
15-64 years: 59.7% (male 3,887,642/female 4,232,313)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 150,862/female 266,283) (2005 est.)


Country name:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia
conventional short form: Cambodia local long form: Preahreacheanacha Kampuchea (phonetic pronunciation)
local short form: Kampuchea
former: Kingdom of Cambodia, Khmer Republic, Democratic Kampuchea, People's Republic of Kampuchea, State of Cambodia

East Timor. timor leste!
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blceasttimor.htm
Location: Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco
Geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 125 55 E
Climate: tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons


Population: 1,040,880 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 37.1% (male 196,108/female 189,753)
15-64 years: 59.9% (male 318,173/female 305,479)
65 years and over: 3% (male 15,353/female 16,014) (2005 est.)


Country name:
conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
conventional short form: East Timor local long form: Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese]
local short form: Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese]
former: Portuguese Timor

For now, let's leave it as that first, I will continue soon! (and add more pictures as well.)

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