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South East Asia
South East Asia is made up of a small piece of main land & many thousand of islands. It is hot & wet all year round. Much of the land is hilly or covered in thick forest. Most of the people in South East Asia are farmers & are quite poor. Brunei is the richest country in South East Asia because of its oil wells.
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FACT BOX Area 4,265,365 sq km Population 387,553,000 Number of countries 10 Largest country Indonesia - 1,905,000 sq km Longest river Mekong River - 4,184 km Highest mountain Mt Puncak Jaya - 5,030 m Major products rubber; silk; rice; oil; coffee; timber; tin; bananas |