East Asia
eastern region of Asia
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Summary
East Asia is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,565 views/month, #11 of 1,289).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3], South Korea[4], North Korea[5], People's Republic of China[6], Mongolia[7], Taiwan[8]
- Located in or next to body of water: South China Sea[9], Pacific Ocean[10]
- Continent: Asia[11]
- Shares border with: North Asia[12], Southeast Asia[13], South China Sea[14], South Asia[15], Central Asia[16]
- Part of: Asia[17]
- Commons category: East Asia[18]
- Has part(s): People's Republic of China[19], Hong Kong[20], Macau[21], North Korea[22], Japan[23], Mongolia[24], South Korea[25], Taiwan[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:East Asia[27]
- Population: 1,616,547,247[28]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:East Asia[29]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[30]
- Topic has template: Template:East Asian topics[31], Q44293722[32]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/east-asia[33]
- Different from: CJK[34]
- Area: 11,839,074 km²[35]
- History of topic: history of East Asia[36]
- Number of out-of-school children: 14,643,534[37], 15,548,558[38], 16,827,262[39], 18,009,168[40], 19,769,321[41], 21,769,498[42], 24,183,299[43], 26,905,630[44], 29,889,168[45], 34,498,978[46], 35,033,353[47], 36,167,081[48], 36,397,763[49], 38,050,597[50]
- Studied by: East Asian studies[51]
Why It Matters
East Asia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]