Travel - MALAYSIA

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Federation of

Malaysia - Formation: 1963 - Capital: Kuala Lumpur -

Population: 22.6 Million - Total Area: 127,316 Sq Miles -

Languages: Malay, Chinese, English, Bahasa Malaysia,

Tamil - Religions: Muslim 53%, Buddhist 19%, Chinese Faiths

12%, Other 16% - Ethnic Mix: Malay 48%, Chinese 29%,

Indigenous Tribes 12%, Other 11% - Government: Presidential

Democracy - Currency: Ringgit (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate:

87.5% -

Travel - MONGOLIA

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

1924 - Capital: Ulan Bator - Population: 2.6 Million - Total

Area: 604,247 Sq Miles - Languages: Khalkha Mongolian,

Kazakh, Chinese, Russian - Religions: Tibetan Buddhist 96%,

Muslim 4% - Ethnic Mix: Mongol 90%, Kazakh 4%, Chinese

2%, Russian 2%, Other 2% - Government: Multi Party Republic -

Currency: Tugrik (Togrog) (100 Mongos) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - NORTH KOREA

Location: East Asia - Official Name: Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea - Formation: 1948 - Capital: Pyongyang -

Population: 22.4 Million - Total Area: 46,540 Sq Miles -

Languages: Korean, Chinese - Religions: Atheist 100% -

Ethnic Mix: Korean 100% - Government: One Party Republic -

Currency: North Korean Won (100 Chon) - Literacy Rate: 95% -

Travel - PHILIPPINES

Location: Southwest Asia - Official Name: Republic of the

Philippines - Formation: 1946 - Capital: Manila - Population:

77.1 Million - Total Area: 115,830 Sq Miles - Languages:

Filipino, English, Cebuano - Religions: Roman Catholic 83%,

Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Other 3% - Ethnic Mix: Filipino 50%,

Indonesian & Polynesian 30%, Other 20% - Government:

Presidential Democracy - Currency: Peso (100 Centavos) -

Literacy Rate: 95.3% -

Travel - SINGAPORE

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Republic of

Singapore - Formation: 1965 - Capital: Singapore -

Population: 4.1 Million - Total Area: 250 Sq Miles -

Languages: Malay, English, Mandarin, Tamil - Religions:

Buddhist 55%, Taoism 22%, Muslim 16%, Hindu, Christian, Sikh

7% - Ethnic Mix: Chinese 77%, Malay 14%, Indian 8%, Other

1% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency:

Singapore Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 92.4% -

Travel - SOUTH KOREA

Location: East Asia - Official Name: Republic of Korea -

Formation: 1948 - Capital: Seoul - Population: 47.1 Million -

Total Area: 38,023 Sq Miles - Languages: Korean, Chinese -

Religions: Mahayana Buddhist 47%, Protestant 38%, Roman

Catholic 11%, Confucian 3%, Other 1% - Ethnic Mix: Korean 1

00% - Government: Presidential Democracy - Currency:

Korean Won (100 Chon) - Literacy Rate: 97.8% -

Travel - TAIWAN

Location: East Asia - Official Name: Republic of China

(Taiwan) - Formation: 1949 - Capital: Taipei - Population:

22.2 Million - Total Area: 13,892 Sq Miles - Languages:

Mandarin Chinese, Amoy Chinese, Hakka Chinese - Religions:

Buddhist, Confucian & Taoist 93%, Christian 5%, Other 2% -

Ethnic Mix: Indigenous Chinese 84%, Mainland Chinese 14%,

Aborigine 2% - Government: Multi Party Republic - Currency:

Taiwan Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 94% -

Travel - VIETNAM

Location: Southeast Asia - Official Name: Socialist Republic

of Vietnam - Formation: 1976 - Capital: Hanoi - Population:

79.2 Million - Total Area: 127,243 Sq Miles - Languages:

Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Khmer, Muong, Nung, Miao, Yao -

Religions: Buddhist 55%, Christian 7%, Other & Non Religious

38% - Ethnic Mix: Vietnamese 88%, Chinese 4%, Thai 2%,

Other 6% - Government: One Party Republic - Currency:

Dong = 10 Hao (100 xu) - Literacy Rate: 93.4% -