Below are several options for Asian regional maps from the Maps ETC collection. Regional maps are maps which extend beyond the border of a single country, encompassing a major area of Asia. Browse the locater maps to find the regional area that is needed, and click the image or given link for historical and contemporary maps of that region. If you do not find a specific region you are looking for, you can check the Asian Regional Maps, Misc. page, which contains combinations of several regions.
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Eastern Asia
This region includes the whole of Eastern Asia. Often the term East or Eastern Asia is used more narrowly to refer to the Chinese cultural sphere. Our inclusion of the entire eastern half of the continent reflects the common practice of map makers to divide the large continent of Asia into eastern and western sections.
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Southeast Asia
This region includes both mainland Southeast Asia (often called Indochina) and the Malay Archipelago. Southeast Asia includes the following countries: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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South Asia
Often referred to as the Indian Subcontinent, this region includes the countries of Bangladesh, the British Indian Ocean Territories, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Southwest Asia
This region includes Asia Minor, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and the Arabian Peninsula. The following countries are considered to be within Southwest Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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Palestine
Palestine is a traditional term referring to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Containing holy sites of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the region has been of special interest to map makers. This area has variously been called Judea, the Holy Land, the Levant, Canaan, and the Promised Land.
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Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south. It consists of the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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Western Asia
The term Western Asia is commonly used to refer to the region identified above as Southwest Asia. We are using the term to refer to the whole of Western Asia, reflecting the common practice of map makers to divide the large continent of Asia into eastern and western sections.
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Northern Asia
Northern Asia consists of the Asian portion of Russia.
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Miscellaneous Regional Maps of Asia
Here you will find regional maps of Asia that encompassed more than one of the regions identified above.
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