Farther India

The Indo-China Peninsula (also behind Indian Peninsula or Southeast Asian peninsula ) comprises the large and sprawling Indochinese and the smaller but very elongated Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

Term

The term " Indochina " described the rear from a European perspective, understood as part of the Indian territory. The front part was called " Hindustan ". The terms are therefore the result of a Euro -centric perspective and are increasingly seen as outdated. As a political- cultural space instead, " Southeast Asian mainland ", " mainland Southeast Asia " or " continental Southeast Asia " is used ( to english Mainland Southeast Asia). However, this does over the peninsula Indochina addition, the north of Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, partly also the far south of China with a.

Geography

In the north of the borders " two-part " Behind Indian peninsula at the actual Asian mainland and China to the east as part of the Indochinese peninsula on the South China Sea (with the Gulf of Thailand and Tonkin ), a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Malay Peninsula to the Malacca Straits, which connects two bordering seas of Indian and Pacific oceans with each other, on the west by marginal seas ( Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal ) of the Indian Ocean and to the northwest by Bangladesh and India. In addition, India dates back to the southern tip of the peninsula latter almost to the equator.

Subregions and delimitation

The background Indian peninsula comprises the northern part and two to the south anlagernden peninsulas:

  • Indochinese Peninsula
  • Malay peninsula - the southern part is called Malacca Peninsula

The boundaries of the Indian peninsula back to the actual continent of Asia is about the imaginary, perfectly straight line Chittagong in Bangladesh to Haiphong in Vietnam.

Seas

At the rear Indian peninsula bordering these seas:

  • Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Malacca Straits
  • Malacca Straits
  • South China Sea Gulf of Thailand
  • Gulf of Tonkin

States

At the back of the Indian peninsula these States or parts of them are:

  • Bangladesh - extreme southeastern part of the State
  • India - extreme southeast from the northeast part of the state
  • Cambodia - the entire state
  • Laos - central and southern part of the State
  • Malaysia - West part of the (island) State
  • Myanmar - south of State
  • Thailand - the entire state
  • Vietnam - Central and southern part of the State

Sea States

Countries bordering the Indian Peninsula and background of Indo-China are:

  • China - bordered to the north by the main part of Indochina
  • Indonesia - located in the south side of the Malacca Straits
  • Singapore - located in the south beyond the Johorstraße
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