Indochina

"Mainland Southeast Asia" redirects here. For other uses, see Mainland Southeast Asia (disambiguation).

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Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia.

It lies roughly east of India, south of China.

Indochina comprises the territory of the following countries:

• Cambodia
• Laos
• Vietnam

These countries have been known as Indochina since the time that they were French Indochina.

Often also included in the scope of the term are:

• Peninsular Malaysia (comprising the southern end of the Malay peninsula but not any of the Malay islands)
• Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)
• Singapore
• Thailand (formerly Siam)

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