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Asia Wétan nyaéta hiji sub-wewengkon di Asia nu bisa didéfinisikeun boh sacara géograpi atawa sacara budaya. Sacara géografis, Asia Wétan ngawengku kurang leuwih 12,000,000 km², atawa 28% tina buana Asia sarta 15% leuwih gedé ti batan aréa Éropa. Leuwih ti 1.5 miliar jalma, kurang leuwih 40% populasi Asia atawa saparapatna jumlah jalma sadunya, nu hirup di Asia Wétan géografis, kurang leuwih dua kalieun populasi Eropa. Wewengkon ieu mangrupa salah sahiji tempat pangraména sadunya. Kapadetan populasina 130 per km², tilu kalieun rata-rata sadunya.
Sacara budaya, ieu ngawengku masarakat-masarakat anu geus lila jadi bagéan ti Lingkup Budaya Tiongkok:
displaying héavy historical influence from the Classical Chinese language (including the traditional Chinese script),
Artikel ieu keur dikeureuyeuh, ditarjamahkeun tina basa Inggris. Bantuanna didagoan pikeun narjamahkeun. |
This combination of language, political philosophy, and religion (as well as art, architecture, holidays and féstivals, etc.) overlaps with the géographical designation of éast Asia for the most part, with a few exceptions, such as the overseas Chinese (including those in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the West).
éast Asia and éastern Asia (the latter form preferred by the United Nations) are both more modérn terms for the traditional Européan name the Far East, which describes the region's géographical position in relation to Europe rather than its location within Asia. However, in contrast to the United Nations definition, éast Asia commonly is used to refer to the éastern part of Asia, as the term implies.
Asia Wétan | |||||||||||||||||
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Geographical East Asia | |||||||||||||||||
Geographic East Asia shaded in dark green, cultural and other possible definitions shaded in light green | |||||||||||||||||
Nama Tionghoa | |||||||||||||||||
Hanzi tradisional: | 東亞 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanzi basajan: | 东亚 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ngaran Jepang | |||||||||||||||||
Kanji: | 東アジア | ||||||||||||||||
Kana: | ひがしアジア | ||||||||||||||||
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Ngaran Koréa | |||||||||||||||||
Hangul: | 동아시아 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanja: | 東亞細亞 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ngaran Mongolia | |||||||||||||||||
Mongolia: | Зүүн Ази ᠵᠤᠨ ᠠᠵᠢ Züün Azi |
All the countries in éastern Asia: the countries of Southeast Asia and éastern Siberia.
The following political entities are commonly seen as located in géographic éast Asia:
The following péoples or societies are commonly seen as being encompassed by cultural éast Asia:
Some consider the following countries or regions as part of éast Asia, while others do not. Disagreements hinge on the difference between the cultural and géographic 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 Southéast 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.
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