Asia Travel Fact File

Facts on Countries in Asia

Travel - BRUNEI

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Sultanate  of

Brunei - Formation: 1984 - Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan –

Population: 335,000 - Total Area: 2,228 Sq Miles - Languages:

Malay, English, Chinese - Religions: Muslim 66%, Buddhist

14%, Christian 10%, Other 10% - Ethnic Mix: Malay 67%,

Chinese 16%, Indigenous 6%, Other 11% - Government:

Monarchy - Currency: Brunei Dollar (100 cents) - Literacy

Rate: 91.5% -

Travel - BURMA (MYANMAR)

Location: Southeast Asia Official Name: Union of Myanmar -

Formation: 1948 - Capital: Rangoon (Yangoon) - Population:

48.4 Million - Total Area: 261,969 Sq Miles - Languages:

Burmese, Karen, Shan, Chin, Kachin, Mon, Palaung, Wa -

Religions: Buddhist 87%, Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, Hindu 1%,

Other 2% - Ethnic Mix: Burman (Bamah) 68%, Chan 9%,

Karen 6%, Rakhine 4%, Other 13% - Government: Military

Based regime - Currency: Kyat (100 Pyas) - Literacy

Rate: 84.7% -

Travel - CAMBODIA

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Kingdom of

Cambodia - Formation: 1953 - Capital: Phnom Penh -

Population: 13.4 Million - Total Area: 69,900 Sq Miles -

Languages: Khmer, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cham -

Religions: Buddhist 93%, Muslim 6%, Christian 1% - Ethnic

Mix: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 4%, Chinese 1%, Other 5% -

Government: Constitutional Monarchy - Currency: Riel

(100 Sen) - Literacy Rate: 37.4% -

Travel - CHINA

Location: East Asia - Official Name: People’s Republic of

China - Formation: 960 - Capital: Beijing - Population:

1.29 Billion - Total Area: 3,705,386 Sq Miles - Languages:

Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Hsiang, Min, Hakka, Kan -

Religions: Non Religious 59%, Traditional Beliefs 20%,

Other 21% - Ethnic Mix: Han 93%, Other 7% - Government:

One Party State - Currency: Yuan (Renminbi) (10 Jiao) -

Literacy Rate: 84.2% -

Travel - EAST TIMOR

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: East Timor -

Formation: 2002 - Capital: Dili - Population: 737,811 - Total

Area: 3,756 Sq Miles - Languages: Tetum (Portuguese/

Austronesian), Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese - Religions:

Roman Catholic 93%, Other 7% - Ethnic Mix: Various Papuan

Groups 78%, Indonesian 20%, Chinese 2% - Government:

Multi Party Republic - Currency: US Dollar (100 Cents) -

Literacy Rate: 41% -

Travel - INDONESIA

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Republic of

Indonesia - Formation: 1949 - Capital: Jakarta - Population:

214 Million - Total Area: 741,096 Sq Miles - Languages:

Bahasa Indonesia, 250 estimated Languages or dialects -

Religions: Muslim 87%, Christian 9%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist

1%, Other 1% - Ethnic Mix: Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%,

Coastal Malays 8%, Madurese 8%, Other 25% - Government:

Multi Party Republic - Currency: Rupiah (100 Sen) -Literacy

Rate: 86.9% -

Travel - JAPAN

Location: East Asia - Official Name: Japan - Formation:

1590 - Capital: Tokyo - Population: 128 Million -Total Area:

145,882 Sq Miles - Languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese -

Religions: Shinto & Buddhist 76%, Buddhist 16%, Other

(incl Christian) 8% - Ethnic Mix: Japanese 99%, Other

(mainly Korean) 1% - Government: Parliamentary

Democracy - Currency: Yen (100 Sen) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - LAOS

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Lao People’s

Democratic Republic - Formation: 1953 - Capital: Vientiane -

Population: 5.4 Million - Total Area: 91,428 Sq Miles -

Languages: Lao, Mon-Khmer, Chinese, Yao, Vietnamese,

French - Religions: Buddhist 85%, Other (incl Animist) 15% -

Ethnic Mix: Lao Loum 66%, Lao Theung 30%, Lao Soung

2%, Other 2% - Government: One Party Republic - Currency:

New Kip (100 cents) - Literacy Rate: 48.7% -

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