Drive Around the World visits Asia
The Republic of Singapore consists of the main island of Singapore, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, and 58 nearby islands.
Administrative divisions: none
Area: total: 430 sq mi
land only: 424 sq mi
water: 6 sq mi
Highest point: Bukit Timah (544 ft)
Lowest point: Singapore Strait (0 ft below sea level)
Malaysia is on the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. The nation also includes Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo to the east. Its area slightly exceeds that of New Mexico.
Number of States: 13
Territories: 2 Federal Territories
Area: total: 204,906sq mi
land only: 204161sq mi
water: 745 sq mi
Highest point: Gunung Kinabalu (13,451 ft)
Lowest point: Indian Ocean (0 ft below sea level)
Thailand occupies the western half of the Indochinese peninsula and the northern two-thirds of the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. Its neighbors are Burma (Myanmar) on the north and west, Laos on the north and northeast, Cambodia on the east, and Malaysia on the south. Thailand is about the size of France.
Number of Provinces: 76
Area: total: 319,399 sq mi
land only: 318,013 sq mi
water: 1385 sq mi
Highest point: Doi Inthanon (8451 ft)
Lowest point: Gulf of Thailand (0 ft below sea level)
Situated on the Indochinese peninsula, Cambodia is bordered by Thailand and Laos on the north and Vietnam on the east and south. The Gulf of Thailand is off the western coast. The size of Missouri, the country consists chiefly of a large alluvial plain ringed by mountains and on the east is the Mekong River. The plain is centered around Lake Tonle Sap, which is a natural storage basin of the Mekong.
Number of Provinces: 20
Area: total: 112,498 sq mi
land only: 109,689 sq mi
water: 2808 sq mi
Highest point: Phnum Aoral (5,938 ft)
Lowest point: Gulf of Thailand (0 ft below sea level)
Vietnam occupies the eastern and southern part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia, with the South China Sea along its entire coast. China is to the north and Laos and Cambodia to the west. Long and narrow on a north-south axis, Vietnam is about twice the size of Arizona.
Number of Provinces: 58
Area: total: 204,788 sq mi
land only: 202,178 sq mi
water: 2609 sq mi
Highest point: Ngoc Linh (10,311 ft)
Lowest point: South China Sea (0 ft below sea level)
A landlocked nation in Southeast Asia occupying the northwest portion of the Indochinese peninsula, Laos is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Burma. It is twice the size of Pennsylvania.
Number of Provinces: 16
Area: total: 147,147 sq mi
land only: 143,419 sq mi
water: 3728 sq mi
Highest point: Phou Bia (9,242 ft)
Lowest point: Mekong River (229 ft)
Slightly smaller than Texas, Myanmar occupies the Thailand/Cambodia portion of the Indochinese peninsula. India lies to the northwest and China to the northeast. Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand are also neighbors.
Number of Administrative Divisions: 7
Area: total: 421,619 sq mi
land only: 408719 sq mi
water: 12,900 sq mi
Highest point: Hkakabo Razi (19,294 ft)
Lowest point: Andaman Sea (0 ft below sea level)
One-third the area of the United States, the Republic of India occupies most of the sub-continent of India in southern Asia. It borders on China in the northeast. Other neighbors are Pakistan on the west, Nepal and Bhutan on the north, and Burma and Bangladesh on the east.
Number of Provinces: 28
Territories: 7
Area: total: 2,042,908 sq mi
land only: 1,847,540 sq mi
water: 195,368 sq mi
Highest point: Kanchenjunga (28,208 ft)
Lowest point: Indian Ocean (0 ft below sea level)
An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast tip of India, Sri Lanka is about half the size of Alabama.
Number of Provinces: 8
Area: total: 40,770 sq mi
land only: 40,229 sq mi
water: 540 sq mi
Highest point: Victoria Peak (3,805 ft)
Lowest point: Indian Ocean (0 ft below sea level)
The greater part of the country is mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and the Trans-Himalaya. In the southwest is Tibet, which China annexed in 1950. The Gobi Desert lies to the north.
Number of Provinces: 23
Autonomous Regions: 5
Municipalities: 4
Area: total: 5,963,551 sq mi
land only: 5,795,431 sq mi
water: 168,119 sq mi
Highest point: Mount Everest (29,035 ft)
Lowest point: Turpan Pendi (505 ft below sea level)
Kyrgyzstan borders Kazakhstan on the north and northwest, Uzbekistan in the southwest, Tajikistan in the south, and China in the southeast. The republic is the same size in area as the state of Nebraska.
Administrative divisions: 7 provinces
Area: total: 123347 sq mi
land only: 118,873 sq mi
water: 4,474 sq mi
Highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) (24,406 ft)
Lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) (433 ft)
Kazakhstan lies in the north of the central Asian republics and is bounded by Russia in the north, China in the east, the Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in the south, and the Caspian Sea and part of Turkmenistan in the west. Kazakhstan is slightly more than twice the size of Texas.
Area: total: 1,688,530 sq mi
land only: 1,659,013 sq mi
water: 29,516 sq mi
Highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) (22,949 ft)
Lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy (-433 ft below sea level)