Malay Archipelago
 World map me Malay Archipelago dekhae hae | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Maritime Southeast Asia, Melanesia |
| Total islands | 25,000 |
| Major islands | Java, Luzon, Borneo, Mindanao, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatra |
| Area | [1] |
| Largest settlement | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Largest settlement | Dili |
| Largest settlement | Jakarta |
| Largest settlement | Kota Kinabalu |
| Largest settlement | Port Moresby |
| Largest settlement | Quezon City |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 380,000,000 [2] |
| Ethnic groups | Jaada kar ke Austronesians, Negrito minority ke saathe, Papuans, Melanesians, Overseas Chinese, Arab descendants, aur Overseas Indians |
Malay Archipelago, mainland Southeast Asia aur Australia ke biich ke archipelago hae, jiske Insulindia nai to Indo-Australian Archipelago bhi bolaa jaae hae. Ii naam 19th-century ke Europe ke log ke Malay race ke concept pe aadhaarit rahaa, baad me iske Austronesian bhasa ke distribution pe aadhaarit karaa gais rahaa. Iske "Malay world," "Nusantara" aur "East Indies" bhi bola gais hae. Ii naam ke Indonesia me nai pasand karaa jaae hae, kaaheki ii jaati pe based hae aur isse colonialism ke yaad dewa jaae hae aur ii des ke dher sankriti ke overshadow kare hae.
Ii Indian aur Pacific ocean ke biich me hae. Ii archipelago me 25,000 se jaada island hae aur agar area se dekha jaae tab ii dunia ke sab se barraa archipelago hae and aur jab number of islands ke dekhaa jaae tab ii dunia ke 5th sab se barraa hae. Isme Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia (specifically East Malaysia), Papua New Guinea, aur Philippines hae.[3][4] Iske Maritime Southeast Asia bhi bola jaae hae.[5]
- ↑ Moores, Eldridge M.; Fairbridge, Rhodes Whitmore (1997). Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology. Springer. p. 377. ISBN 0-412-74040-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=aYRup5mRcGsC&q=%22malay+archipelago%22+2+million+km%C2%B2&pg=PA377. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ↑ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2006). World Population Prospects, Table A.2. United Nations. pp. 37–42. https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica – Malay Archipelago
- ↑ "Maritime Southeast Asia Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine." Worldworx Travel. Accessed 26 May 2009.