Indochina
region in Southeast Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula or the Mainland Southeast Asia is a region in Southeast Asia.
The region lies roughly east of India, south of China.
Indochina comprises the territory of the following countries:
Those countries have been known as Indochina since they were French Indochina.[1]
Often also included in the scope of the term are:
- Peninsular Malaysia (comprising the southern end of the Malay Peninsula but not the Malay Islands)
- Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)
- Singapore
- Thailand (formerly Siam)