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| - Southeastern Asia, when not referring to specific political entities, or more commonly as Southeast Asia, especially when defined as a certain region with political borders, is generally considered to be the land east of India and south of China (including, in some definitions, the nations of Han Zhuang and Yunnan, of the Chinese Union). This is often meant to include the offshore islands of western Macronesia, as well, usually east until the Wallace Line. Being thus situated, Southeast Asia has been highly influenced by the Indians and Chinese, as well as later on by Arabs and Europeans, among others.
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| - Southeastern Asia, when not referring to specific political entities, or more commonly as Southeast Asia, especially when defined as a certain region with political borders, is generally considered to be the land east of India and south of China (including, in some definitions, the nations of Han Zhuang and Yunnan, of the Chinese Union). This is often meant to include the offshore islands of western Macronesia, as well, usually east until the Wallace Line. Being thus situated, Southeast Asia has been highly influenced by the Indians and Chinese, as well as later on by Arabs and Europeans, among others. Sundarapore City, Sundarapore, is the largest city in Southeast Asia. Other major cities include Bangkok (Siam), Sunda Kelapa (Java), Kuala Lumpur (Malaya), Saigon (Vietmoi), and Manila (Luzon). Some areas contain high population densities, but much of the land is also sparsely populated, especially the interiors of the islands. There are quite a few large nature preserves and many small cultural areas that are non-national - that is, they are not governed by a single higher power. These de-facto semi-sovereign nations include the tiny North Sentinelese semi-nation of the Andaman Islands, where in 2004, after the earthquake, an Indian relief helicopter was driven away by a barrage of arrows, coincidentally verifying that the population had not been wiped out.
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