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Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago is the archipelago between Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, and is also called Insulindia or the Indo-Australian Archipelago. The name was taken from the 19th-century European concept of a Malay race, later based on the distribution of Austronesian languages.

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Location
Maritime Southeast Asia, Melanesia
Area
2,870,000 km2 (1,110,000 sq mi)
Ethnic groups
Predominantly Austronesians, with minorities of Negritoes, Papuans, Melanesians, Overseas Chinese, Arab descendants, and Overseas Indians
Largest settlement
Bandar Seri Begawan · Dili · Jakarta · Kota Kinabalu · Port Moresby
Major islands
Java, Luzon, Borneo, Mindanao, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatra
Population
380,000,000

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Malay Archipelago

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples58
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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related to Malay archipelago · 17
Malay Archipelago → Alfred Wallace, As Wallace, Asia, Australia, Austronesian, European, He, Indian Archipelago, Indo-Australian Archipelago, Malay, Malay Peninsula, Oceanian, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sunda Shelf, The, Wallace
related to Biogeography · 15
Malay Archipelago → Asia, Asian, Australia, Australian, Bali, Borneo, He, Lombok, Lombok Strait, Sulawesi, The, This, Wallace, Wallace Line, Wallacea
related to External links · 12
Malay Archipelago → Alfred Russel, Art, Encyclopædia Britannica, Island Southeast Asia, Jayne, Kingsley Garland, Metropolitan Museum, The Malay Archipelago, Vol, Volume, Volume II, Wallace
Largest settlement · 7
Malay Archipelago → Bandar Seri Begawan, Dili, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Port Moresby, Quezon City, Singapore
Area · 1
Malay Archipelago → 2,870,000 km2 (1,110,000 sq mi)
Ethnic groups · 1
Malay Archipelago → Predominantly Austronesians, with minorities of Negritoes, Papuans, Melanesians, Overseas Chinese, Arab descendants, and Overseas Indians
Location · 1
Malay Archipelago → Maritime Southeast Asia, Melanesia
Major islands · 1
Malay Archipelago → Java, Luzon, Borneo, Mindanao, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatra
Population · 1
Malay Archipelago → 380,000,000
Total islands · 1
Malay Archipelago → 25,000

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archipelago asia malay southeast term islands east indonesia also maritime nusantara used indies world new guinea australia european malaysia philippines

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Malay ArchipelagoArea2,870,000 km2 (1,110,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoEthnic groupsPredominantly Austronesians, with minorities of Negritoes, Papuans, Melanesians, Overseas Chinese, Arab descendants, and Overseas Indians1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementBandar Seri Begawan1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementDili1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementJakarta1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementKota Kinabalu1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementPort Moresby1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementQuezon City1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLargest settlementSingapore1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoLocationMaritime Southeast Asia, Melanesia1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoMajor islandsJava, Luzon, Borneo, Mindanao, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatra1.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoPopulation380,000,0001.00infobox
Malay ArchipelagoTotal islands25,0001.00infobox
Malay Archipelagois aarchipelago between Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia0.90text

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