ECO, the economic cooperation organization, established in 1985. Your Turkey, Pakistan and Iran, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. Within the Alliance, and particularly the rich natural resources of some countries are emphasized, in addition, important positions as transit countries to the member States strategically.
By the group of eight developing countries, D-8, which was founded in 1997, aims to improve the position of the countries in the world economy due to new trade relationships. To be part of this Alliance, the Asian countries, Pakistan, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Turkey.
Together with the United States and Australia Japan, in 1989, the APEC, the Asia-Pacific economic community founded. In this case, a free trade area, which encompasses all Pacific coast States. Will join by 2020, not only the industrial Nations but also the developing countries.
Due to the size of Asia, but especially by the North-South extension, nearly all of the vegetation zones. Ranging from the polar Tundra to the North, to the tropical rain forest in the South of the continent.
Thus, it is also clear that in some areas of the continent with no agriculture can be operated, for example, in the highlands of Tibet. Especially in the steppes of Asia, livestock plays a major role. The Arabian Peninsula, large parts of Western Asia and Central Asia are dominated by the cultivation of cotton and dates. Wheat from Western Siberia to Kazakhstan and Eastern China. In large Parts of South Asia, as well as in southern China, rice is cultivated, as well as peanuts, sugarcane, and not to forget, tea. The poorest country, Bangladesh, is in the Export of Jute top. Around a third of the inhabitants of the jute economy.
Due to the different vegetation zones and the economic Situation of the countries, the road network is more or less well developed. Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Israel and the Philippines can rely on a functioning road network, in all other countries, comes more or less from A to b, Although just expanded the highways, for that reason alone, to ensure the trade in Goods, but many countries are put in parallel on a further Expansion of the waterways. And of course the air travel plays an important role, as well as the Transport by railway.
To Southeast Asia the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam today. In these countries, life is about 594 million people, 240 million, Indonesia is the most populous country in Southeast Asia. The least number of inhabitants – although not the smallest country with 400,000 people, Brunei.
With an area of just over 710 square kilometers, which is slightly smaller than Hamburg, Singapore is the smallest Southeast Asian state density, but the country with the largest population, no wonder this is a city-state. Here are five million people, which means that on a square kilometre of over 7,000 people come to life almost.
Apart from Laos, all countries of Southeast Asia have access to the sea. To the west is the Indian Ocean, to the east the Pacific. These two worlds are also the natural boundaries in the West, East and South. The two oceans are separated from the Strait of Malacca, one of the most important sea trade routes. Other seas belonging to Southeast Asia are the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand, the Java Sea, the Timor Sea, the Banda Sea and the Arafura Sea.
In the north, the mountain ranges of the Garo and the Khasi mountain in India, and the Chinese mountain ranges in the provinces of Yunnan, Hengduan Shan and Guangxi form natural boundaries to Southeast Asia.
Peculiarities of the individual countries
The largest island state in the world is Indonesia. On more than 17,500 islands you can find here the country that occupies fourth place in the world population. Just over 6,000 of these islands are inhabited, the main islands are Java, Sumatra, Borneo New Guinea and Sulawesi.
The Philippines is home to over 7,100 islands. The eleven largest islands account for more than 90% of the total land area. There are many active volcanoes in the Philippines, including Pinatubo. Besides the numerous mountain ranges - the highest mountain is with 2,956 meters of Apo - the Philippines are mainly covered by tropical rainforest.
Vietnam, which is roughly the size of Germany, has a long coastline of more than 3,400 kilometers. In addition to a narrow coastal area, where the south and the middle of the country are densely populated, the highlands and the hinterland mainly contain large mountain ranges such as the Annamite Mountains.
Singapore is the smallest city in Southeast Asia and is a city state. The majority of the island is therefore made up of urban areas, so there are no large and important landscapes.
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