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#2- Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,355 sq mi).The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population stands at over 27 million.The country is separated into two regions—Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo—by the South China Sea. Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.

#3- Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with the Gulf of Martaban and Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery. One-third of Burma's total perimeter, 1,930 kilometers (1,199 mi), forms an uninterrupted coastline.

Population - 55 millions

Currency - kyat

Calling code - 95

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#4- Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.

It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. By the maritime boundary, the country is bordered to the southeast by Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand, to the southwest by Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea.

The capital and largest city of Thailand is Bangkok.

Population - estimate 63 millions

Calling code - 66

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#5- Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia , formerly known as Kampuchea , is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people.The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.

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#6 - Vietnam

Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the easternmost

country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by

China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and

the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million,

Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.

Nature has blessed Vietnam with a bountiful harvest. With soaring peaks

like Hoang Lien mountains and a killer coastline, with beaches like Quy

Nhon and Nha Trang, Vietnam is simply stunning. Blanketed from head to toe

with a patchwork of emerald-green rice paddies, timelessly tended by

peasant women in conical hats, this time the brochures don't lie.

The rumble of a million motorbikes, the cries of hawkers and the buzz of

business transactions are as ever-present as the tinkle of the past in the

pagodas, and the swish of the scythe. Modern Asia meets medieval Asia and,

in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, the two become one. For culinary adventurers,

Vietnam is a treasure trove of more than 500 different dishes. It's a

wonderful world of pungent herbs and secret spices.

Population - 87 millions

Currency - dong

Calling code - 84

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#7 - Philippines

The Republic of the Philippines, commonly known as the Philippines, is an

archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital

city. The Philippine archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western

Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau,

the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's

12th most populous country with a population of about 91 million people.

Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated

2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion.There are more

than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, about 11% of the total

population of the Philippines. Ecologically, Philippines is considered to

be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world.

The second-largest archipelago in the world, with over 7000 tropical

islands, the Philippines is one of the great treasures of Southeast

Asia.First and foremost, the Philippines is a place of natural wonders ? a

string of coral-fringed islands strewn across a vast expanse of the western

Pacific. Below sea level, the Philippines boasts some of the world’s best

diving and snorkelling, including wreck diving around Coron and swimming

with the whale sharks off Donsol. Above sea level, it has a fantastic

landscape with wonders enough to stagger even the most jaded traveller: the

Chocolate Hills of Bohol, Banaue & the Rice Terraces and fascinating

reminders of the islands’ history in places such as Samar & Leyte and

Vigan. And if you’re after palm-fringed, white-sand beaches, try laidback

Sipalay or flat-out party town Boracay.

Population - 90.5 millions

Currency - peso

Calling code - 63

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#8 - Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia

and Oceania. Comprising 17,508 islands, it is the world's largest

archipelagic state. With an estimated population of around 237 million

people,it is the world's fourth most populous country and the most populous

Muslim-majority nation; however, no reference is made to Islam in the

Indonesian constitution. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected

legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The

country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia.

Other neighboring countries include Singapore, the Philippines, Australia,

and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Rippling across the equator for nearly 5000km, Indonesia encompasses more

than 17,000 islands, two-thirds of which are inhabited and richly layered

with character. On Sulawesi, the elaborate funeral ceremonies and timeless

traditions of Tana Toraja are light years from the surfing culture of

Lombok. But so too are the mighty saddle-backed Batak mansions of Danua

Toba and the volcanic lakes of Sumatra from the mummies and deeply etched

gorges of Papua’s Baliem Valley. The resorts and restaurants of Bali pamper

precocious style cats, while at the same moment threadbare backpackers are

adopted by homestays in Kalimantan.

Population - 237 million

Currency - rupiah

Calling code - 62

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#9 - Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a

territory located on the Pearl River Delta in East Asia, bordering the

Chinese province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea

to the east, west and south. It has a population of 6.9 million people, and

is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

Hong Kong means different things to different people. For some it is the

view from the Peak by day or Hong Kong Island’s skyline by night as the

skyscrapers flush their neon rainbows, competing like tetchy cuttlefish to

out-display each other. It can be about a lingering morning of tea and

bite-sized dim sum, or a multidish Chinese banquet. Others ? hikers,

birders, climbers ? say nothing beats the Hong Kong countryside for its

beauty, facilities and accessibility.

Population - 6.9 million

Currency - Hong Kong dollar

Calling code - 852

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#10 - Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer

to the territories governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC

itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island

in the Pacific off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan

Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands off the coast of mainland Fujian

Province. The Kuomintang (KMT) party lost its control of mainland China to

Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil war and moved its government

to the island of Taiwan in 1949 which it had acquired control of from Japan

in 1945. The island groups of Taiwan and Penghu are officially administered

as Taiwan Province of the ROC. However, in practice, almost all government

power is exercised at the national and local (city/county) levels.

True, Taiwan hasn’t yet made it to the top of everybody’s ‘to visit’ list,

but we think this is partially a result of people not quite knowing what

Taiwan has to offer. But within the borders of this small,

sweet-potato-shaped island barely the size of many American states lies a

world of contrasts and a melange of cultural influences you’re not likely

to find anywhere else on the planet.

Population - 23 million

Currency - Taiwan Dollar NT

Calling code - 886

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#11 - Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao

, is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic

of China, the other being Hong Kong. Macau lies on the western side of the

Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the

South China Sea in the east and south.The territory has thriving industries

such as textiles, electronics and toys, and a notable tourist industry that

boasts a wide range of hotels, resorts, stadiums, restaurants and casinos.

This makes it one of the richest cities in the world.

Macau is a city with two faces. On the one hand, the fortresses, churches

and food of its former colonial master Portugal speak to a uniquely

Mediterranean style on the China coast. On the other, Macau is the

self-styled Las Vegas of the East.

Especially if you’ve been in China for a while you’ll also find there is a

distinctly different feel to Macau. While about 95% of residents are

Chinese, the remainder is mostly made up of Portuguese and Macanese (people

with mixed Portuguese, Chinese and/or African blood). It’s this fusion of

Mediterranean and Asian peoples, lifestyles, temperaments and food ? oh,

the food ? that makes Macau so much fun.

Population - 520,400

Currency - Macanese pataca

Calling code - 853

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