South Asia

E6055

region subregion of Asia

South Asia is a culturally and linguistically diverse region of the Asian continent that includes countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
South Asia canonical	1,492
Indian subcontinent	728
Southern Asia	2
Asia (South Asia)	1
Indian Subcontinent	1
Indian subcontinent (historically)	1
Indian subcontinent (in prehistory)	1
South Asia (historically)	1
South Asia (reconstructed)	1
South Asia Zone	1
South Asian countries	1
southern Asia	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region ⓘ subregion of Asia ⓘ
abbreviation	SAARC region ⓘ
borderedBy	Central Asia ⓘ East Asia ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
characterizedBy	cultural diversity ⓘ high population density ⓘ linguistic diversity ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
hasCountry	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasLargestCity	National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ surface form: Delhi metropolitan area
hasLargestCountryByArea	India ⓘ
hasLargestCountryByPopulation	India ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Colombo ⓘ Dhaka ⓘ Islamabad ⓘ Karachi ⓘ Kathmandu ⓘ Male ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ
hasMajorLanguageFamily	Dravidian languages ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ
hasMajorOrganization	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
hasMajorReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Brahmaputra ⓘ surface form: Brahmaputra River Ganges ⓘ Indus River ⓘ
hasMajorSea	Arabian Sea ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Himalayas ⓘ Hindu Kush ⓘ Karakoram ⓘ
hasRegionalBloc	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
hasSubregion	South Asia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf	Asian continent ⓘ

Referenced by (2,231)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-European language family → geographicDistribution → South Asia ⓘ

Seven Years' War → theater → South Asia ⓘ

British India → region → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

India → subregion → South Asia ⓘ

Roma → originatesFrom → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Pakistan → subregion → South Asia ⓘ

Department of Islamic Art → coversRegion → South Asia ⓘ

Asia → containsSubregion → South Asia ⓘ

Asia → containsSubregion → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → region → South Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Mughal Empire

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Punjab → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Punjab → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Bombay Presidency → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Government of India Act 1919 → region → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Hinduism → hasOriginPlace → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Persian language → region → South Asia ⓘ

Persian language → usedAsLinguaFrancaIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent (historically)

Sanskrit → region → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

East Asia → bordersRegion → South Asia ⓘ

Mango → nativeTo → South Asia ⓘ

Mango → widelyConsumedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Ganges → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Ganges → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

IN → regionRepresented → South Asia ⓘ

Sufism → geographicDistribution → South Asia ⓘ

United Provinces → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Assam → partOf → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Sind → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Indian peafowl → nativeTo → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Himalayas → separates → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Thar Desert → partOf → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Indian Standard Time → region → South Asia ⓘ

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → regionServed → South Asia ⓘ

Dominion of Ceylon → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

South Asia → hasSubregion → South Asia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) → nativeTo → South Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: chicken

Romani language → origin → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Naskh script → usedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Indo-Australian Plate → includesRegion → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Indo-Aryan languages → spokenIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Indo-Aryan languages → region → South Asia ⓘ

Pashto language → region → South Asia ⓘ

Central Asia → bordersRegion → South Asia ⓘ

Indo-Caribbean people → primaryAncestralRegion → South Asia ⓘ

British East India Company → primaryRegionOfActivity → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Eurasia → contains → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Jainism → originatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian subcontinent

Hindu Kush → locatedIn → South Asia ⓘ

Partition of India → location → South Asia ⓘ