Sunday, January 17, 2021
What is the 11 countries in ASEAN?
What is the 11 countries in ASEAN? Before we know about them, let me tell about what is ASEAN. Here we go:
ASEAN stands for "Association of South East Asian Nations", which means a collection of Southeast Asian countries. Its first members consisted of 5 countries, namely: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. Then as time went on, ASEAN members increased to eleven countries. Here's a short review.
INDONESIA, with the capital city of Jakarta, is the country with the largest population and the largest area both in sea and on land. Therefore, Indonesia is known as a maritime country because of its oceans and an agricultural country as a result of rice self-sufficiency.
Indonesia's population ranks fourth in the world after China, India and the United States. In addition to its population of more than 200,000 million in the 1990 census, it also has the largest number of youths. There are more than 60,000 islands with the longest coastline in the world and mangrove forests scattered along the coast, making Indonesia the number 1 country in terms of its natural state. Besides that, high quality cloves are produced here. Oil and gas as well as being the only country that has pre-historic heritage in the form of protected Komodo dragons and Rafflesia flowers as well as many historical buildings such as temples and other historical relics including kingdoms and various tribes and cultures and ethnicities in the world from various Regional culture as part of the national culture makes Indonesia a country that has its own uniqueness. A variety of more than 600,000 species of fish species exist in the oceans of Indonesia.
Indonesia is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Malacca Strait, Malaysia, Singapore, the South China Sea and the Philippines. To the east by Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Ocean, to the south by Australia and the Indian Ocean.
MALAYSIA, with the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, is a combination of several other royal states, such as Selangor, Pahang, Johor, Kelantan, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, etc. Malaysia with the Malay race as the majority besides Bengali and Chinese ethnicity is one of the developed countries. Icon The twin towers are one of the tourist attractions that are a destination for foreign tourists. In addition, the British Commonwealth of Nations is geographically separated. Most of the allied kingdoms were on the Indo-China peninsula rather than on the island of Borneo.
Geographical conditions Malaysia in the north is bordered by Thailand, Brunei Darussalam and the South China Sea, in the east it is bordered by the Philippines, in the west it is bordered by the State of Indonesia, also in the south apart from Singapore. Oil palm plantations are also the main product of the country.
SINGAPORE has its capital in Singapore. The statue of a lion with a fish body is a famous tourist icon of the country. Singapore is a country of strict laws. This is marked by the enforcement of a number of fines imposed by the law of the country. For example, if we throw garbage anywhere, we will be fined 500 Singapore Dollars or around 5 million Rupiah, that's just a minor violation, not to mention moderate and serious violations.
Chinese ethnicity is the majority of the population besides the Malay and Bengali races.
Singapore is bordered by Malaysia to the north, with Indonesia to the east, west and south.
THAILAND's capital city is Bangkok, with an Indo-Chinese majority as the largest population. Thailand was the only country that had never been colonized by other nations, and this country was the safest place for refugees or those seeking political asylum at that time. Thailand has many tourist attractions. The White Elephant is an iconic tourist attraction.
Thailand is bordered by Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to the north, to the west by the South China Sea, to the south by Malaysia, and to the east by the Indian Ocean.
The capital city of the Philippines is Manila. The Philippines is an archipelagic country, just like Indonesia. The Philippines speaks Tagalog and is bordered by Indonesia to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the South China Sea to the west and the Philippine Sea to the north.
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM has its capital in Bandar Seri Begawan. The country is a kingdom country where the king has the title Sultan. Brunei Darussalam has abundant petroleum products which are very sufficient for the welfare of its people. There is a story that everything in Brunei Darussalam belongs to the King, for example if someone is planting chili peppers, in essence the chili belongs to the King, including the people. However, everything there is in charge of the king.
The country of Brunei Darussalam is located on the island of Borneo; to the north by the South China Sea, to the east by Malaysia, to the east by Malaysia and Indonesia, and to the west by Malaysia.
VIETNAM has its capital in Hanoi, which was formerly known as Ho Chi Minh. Vietnam is a country that was once colonized by another nation, namely the United States. However, the end of the war has peace in it.
Vietnam is a rapidly developing country. There is a story that tells that the rapid progress of the country is because its people like to gather together to discuss all things, so they can exchange ideas.
The country is bordered by other Indo-China countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and also the South China Sea.
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Laos has its capital in Vientiane. Laos is the only country in Southeast Asia that does not have maritime boundaries. The country is surrounded by other countries around it, namely; Cambodia, Vietnam, etc.
CAMBODIA's capital is Phonm Phen. Cambodia is a country whose population is Buddhist. This is marked by the existence of a shrine or temple where the worship is held. Cambodia is bordered by other Indo-China countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, etc.
MYANMAR was formerly called the country of Burma, and its capital was Rangoon. Now the capital is Naypyidaw. Not only has it changed its capital, this country has also changed the style of its flag, which used to have a flag similar to that of Taiwan, now it is brightly colored with a star symbol in the middle, like Vietnam, except that Vietnam has a red base color with yellow stars. Myanmar is a newly developing country, and Buddhism is an icon of this country.
Myanmar is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean or Ocean, on the north by Bangladesh, on the east by Thailand, and on the south by Thailand.
TIMOR LESTE is the youngest country in Southeast Asia. Timor Leste is a split country from Indonesia, formerly known as the province of East Timor, and the capital city is Dili.
The country of Timor Leste was formerly a Portuguese colony. However, the country previously joined and united itself with Indonesia together to fight for independence, because the most powerful at that time was the Netherlands.
During the presidency of Hj. BJ. Habibie, gave a referendum to East Timor, whether he wanted to continue to join as a province in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) or wanted to have its own government. And a figure named Xanana Gusmao was one of the initiators of the formation of the state of Timor Leste. This country is reportedly planning to join ASEAN.
Timor Leste is directly bordered by Indonesia, namely the province of East Nusa Tenggara, and to the south by the Indian Ocean and Australia.
That's a brief explanation or review of Southeast Asian countries, hopefully this can add insight, thank you.
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