Maritime Southeast Asia

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Maritime Southeast Asia is the island-dominated subregion of Southeast Asia, including countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia (eastern part), Brunei, Singapore, and Timor-Leste, characterized by extensive archipelagos and maritime trade routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
subregion of Southeast Asia
alsoKnownAs Malay Archipelago
surface form: Insular Southeast Asia

Malay Archipelago
surface form: Island Southeast Asia
borders Banda Sea
Celebes Sea
Indian Ocean
Java Sea
Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
South China Sea
characterizedBy archipelagos
high biodiversity
maritime trade routes
tropical climate
volcanic islands
crossedBy Lombok Strait
Makassar Strait
Singapore Strait
Strait of Malacca
Sunda Strait
hasDominantReligion Islam
hasEconomicActivity fisheries
petroleum extraction
shipping
tourism
hasHistoricalEmpire Majapahit Empire
surface form: Majapahit

Srivijaya Empire
surface form: Srivijaya

Malacca Sultanate
surface form: Sultanate of Malacca
hasHistoricalTradeRoute Silk Road routes
surface form: Maritime Silk Road

Spice trade routes
Srivijaya Empire
surface form: Srivijaya-era trade network
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasMajorArchipelago Indonesian archipelago
surface form: Indonesian Archipelago

Malay Archipelago
Philippine Archipelago
hasReligion Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
indigenous religions
includesCountry Brunei Darussalam
surface form: Brunei

Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Timor-Leste
includesPartOfCountry East Malaysia
Sabah
Sarawak
locatedIn Asia
tropics
partOf Southeast Asia
strategicFor global maritime trade

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Minahasa Peninsula locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Chamic languages geographicDistribution Maritime Southeast Asia
SavU Sea partOf Maritime Southeast Asia
subject surface form: Savu Sea
Maluku peoples region Maritime Southeast Asia
Gilimanuk partOf Maritime Southeast Asia
Campbell Bay region Maritime Southeast Asia
this entity surface form: Southeast Asia maritime region
Savunese waters partOf Maritime Southeast Asia
British North Borneo region Maritime Southeast Asia
Sama-Bajau peoples ethnolinguisticGroupOf Maritime Southeast Asia
Tarakan locatedInRegion Maritime Southeast Asia
Sama people culturalRegion Maritime Southeast Asia
Kaveripattinam tradePartners Maritime Southeast Asia
this entity surface form: Southeast Asian polities
Manila–Singapore geographicalAreaServed Maritime Southeast Asia
Wallacea locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Sumba Strait locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Bruneian Malay region Maritime Southeast Asia
Inner Banda Arc region Maritime Southeast Asia
Philippine Austronesian languages primaryRegion Maritime Southeast Asia
Sulawesi region locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Buton Island locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Hanthawaddy Kingdom trade Maritime Southeast Asia
Insulindia overlapsWith Maritime Southeast Asia
Natuna Islands locatedInRegion Maritime Southeast Asia
Kepulauan Talaud Regency locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Wetar Strait locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
Sangirese people culturalRegion Maritime Southeast Asia
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana regionOfInfluence Maritime Southeast Asia
Rajasanagara sphereOfInfluence Maritime Southeast Asia
Mahapatih of Majapahit region Maritime Southeast Asia
Singapore (as part of national crest) locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
subject surface form: Singapore
Balaputradewa sphereOfInfluence Maritime Southeast Asia
this entity surface form: maritime Southeast Asia