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| }}</ref>, which describes the region's geographical position in relation to ] rather than its location within Asia. However, in contrast to the ] definition, East Asia commonly is used to refer to the eastern part of Asia, as the term implies. | }}</ref>, which describes the region's geographical position in relation to ] rather than its location within Asia. However, in contrast to the ] definition, East Asia commonly is used to refer to the eastern part of Asia, as the term implies. | ||
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| ==Other uses of the term East Asia== | |||
| The following political entities are consistently seen as located in '''geographic East Asia''':<ref name=encarta-eats-asia/> | |||
| *{{JPN}} | |||
| *{{KOR}} (Republic of Korea) | |||
| *{{PRC}} | |||
| :(Including the ]s of {{HKG}} and {{MAC}}) | |||
| *{{PRK}} (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) | |||
| *{{ROC}} (])<ref name="ROC">The ] (Taiwan) is has limited recognition within the international community as a ] state, see ].</ref> | |||
| {{Chinese | |||
| |pic=East_Asia_(Geog).PNG|piccap=Geographical East Asia | |||
| |pic2=LocationEastAsia.PNG|piccap2=Geographic East Asia shaded in dark green, cultural and other possible definitions shaded in light green | |||
| |t=東亞 | |||
| |s=东亚 | |||
| |p=Dōngyà | |||
| |w=Tung<sup>1</sup>-ya<sup>3</sup> | |||
| |j=dung1 aa3 | |||
| |poj=Tang-a | |||
| |kana=ひがしアジア | |||
| |kanji=東亜 | |||
| |revhep=Higashi Ajia | |||
| |kunrei=Higasi Azia | |||
| |hanja=東亞細亞 | |||
| |hangul=동아시아 | |||
| |rr=Dong Asia | |||
| |mr=Tong Asia | |||
| |qn=Đông Á | |||
| |hantu=東亞 | |||
| |rus=Восточная Азия | |||
| |rusr=Vostochnaja Azija | |||
| |mon=Зүүн Ази<br/>ᠵᠤᠨ ᠠᠵᠢ<br/>Züün Azi | |||
| }} | |||
| In addition the following countries are sometimes included in the definition of East Asia | |||
| *{{MNG}}<ref name=encarta-eats-asia/> | |||
| *{{flagicon|RUS}} ] (considered either East Asia or ])<ref name=encarta-eats-asia/> | |||
| *{{flagicon|VIE}}] | |||
| The following peoples or societies are commonly seen as being encompassed by '''cultural East Asia''':<ref>Columbia University East Asian Cultural Sphere </ref><ref>R. Keith Schopper's ''East Asia: Identities and Change in the Modern World'' </ref><ref>Joshua A. Fogel (UC Santa Barbara/University of Indiana) ''Nationalism, the Rise of the Vernacular, | |||
| and the Conceptualization of Modernization | |||
| in East Asian Comparative Perspective'' </ref><ref>United Nations Environment Programme (mentions sinosphere countries) ''Approaches to Solution of Eutrophication'' </ref> | |||
| * ] society (including the predominantly ] regions outside China proper, such as ] and ]) | |||
| * ]ese society | |||
| * ]n society | |||
| * ]ese society | |||
| Some consider the following countries or regions as part of East Asia, while others do not.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} Disagreements hinge on the difference between the cultural and geographic 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'':{{Fact|date=January 2008}} | |||
| * The parts of ] that are not historically dominated by ]: ], ], ] (considered either East Asia or ] or ] in the case of Tibet<ref name=Berkeley>Center for South Asia Studies: University of California, Berkeley </ref><ref name=Madison>Center for South Asia Outreach UW-Madison </ref><ref name=UPenn>Department of South Asia Studies: University of Pennsylvania </ref><ref name=UChicago>South Asia Language Resource Center: The University of Chicago </ref><ref name=AIIS>AIIS Advanced Language Programs in India </ref><ref name=Britannica>Tibet is located on the ] which is in ].</ref>—here the primary question is cultural, with geography also at issue) | |||
| *{{MNG}} (considered either East Asia or ]—here culture and/or geography may be at issue) | |||
| *{{SGP}} (considered either East Asia or ]—here the primary question is geographic) | |||
| *{{VNM}} (considered either East Asia or ]—here the primary question is geographic) | |||
| *{{flagicon|RUS}} ] (considered either East Asia or ]—here the primary question is political, with culture and geography also at issue) | |||
| In infrequent circumstances, the term ''East Asia'' is purposefully used to include all countries in Southeast Asia, especially when used in dualism with the term '']'', the latter of which is then used to include those regions commonly considered West Asia, ] and ].{{Fact|date=January 2008}} | |||
| ==Other subregions of Asia== | ==Other subregions of Asia== | ||
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This article is about the geographical region. For the Miyuki Nakajima album, see East Asia (album). For the fictional superstate, see Eastasia (Nineteen Eighty-Four).East Asia
| Area | 11,839,074 km² |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,555,784,500 |
| Density | 131 per km² |
| Countries and Territories | Mainland China Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea Taiwan |
| Languages and language families | Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and many others |
| Time zones | UTC +7:00 (Western Mongolia) to UTC +9:00 (Japan and Korean Peninsula) |
| Capital cities | Beijing Pyongyang Seoul Taipei Tokyo Ulan Bator |
| Other major cities | Busan, Guangzhou Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Osaka, Shanghai, Yokohama. |
East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically, it covers about 12,000,000 km², or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe. More than 1.5 billion people, about 40 percent of the population of Asia or a quarter of all the people in the world, live in geographic East Asia, which is about twice the population of Europe. The region is one of the world's most crowded places. The population density of East Asia, 131 per km², is about three times the world average of 45 per km².
Historically, many societies in East Asia have been part of the Chinese cultural sphere, and East Asian vocabulary and scripts are often derived from Classical Chinese and Chinese script. Major religions include Buddhism (mostly Mahayana), Confucianism or Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion, and Shinto in Japan.
This combination of language, political philosophy, and religion (as well as art, architecture, holidays and festivals, etc.) overlaps with the geographical designation of East Asia for the most part, with a few exceptions, such as the overseas Chinese (including those in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the West).
East Asia and Eastern Asia (the latter form preferred by the United Nations) are both more modern terms for the traditional name the Far East, which describes the region's geographical position in relation to Europe rather than its location within Asia. However, in contrast to the United Nations definition, East Asia commonly is used to refer to the eastern part of Asia, as the term implies.
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Other subregions of Asia
- Southeast Asia
- South Asia
- Central Asia
- Southwest Asia or West Asia (One definition of the Middle East is synonymous with Southwest Asia)
- North Asia (Siberia)
- Northern Eurasia (Extends into part of Europe)
- Central Eurasia (Extends into part of Europe)
See also
- Cities of East Asia
- East Asian studies
- Asian Network of Major Cities 21
- East Asian languages
- East Asian calligraphy
- Four Asian Tigers – a label pertinent to the recent economic history of the region.
- East Asia Summit
- History of East Asia
- Sinosphere
- East Asian Community
- Russian Far East (East Asia north of this area)
Notes and references
- The area figure is based on the combined areas of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong, Macau, Aksai Chin, and Trans-Karakoram Tract), Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) as listed at List of countries and outlying territories by total area.
- The population figure is the combined populations of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau), Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Republic of China (Taiwan) as listed at List of countries by population (last updated March 8, 2008).
- Dispute due to mainly Political status of Taiwan between governments of Republic of China and People's Republic of China.
- "East Asia". encarta. Micosoft. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
East A·sia the countries, territories, and regions of China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Mongolia, parts of Russia, and Taiwan.
- Columbia University - "East Asian cultural sphere" "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system."
- See, List of countries by population density
- "Far East". encarta. Micosoft. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
Far East a former term for the countries of East Asia, sometimes extended to include those of Southeast Asia (dated)
