Map of East Asia

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This Map of East Asia shows seas, islands, lakes, governmental boundaries, countries, capital cities, and major cities.
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East Asia is a geographic and cultural region of Asia, bordered by North Asia to the north, Southeast Asia to the south, South Asia to the southwest, and Central Asia to the west. To its east is the Pacific Ocean. The East Asia region includes the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. In addition, Hong Kong and Macau are two special administrative regions of China.

East Asia covers an area of approximately 4,570,000 square miles (11.840,000 square kilometers). The region has a population of more than 1.6 billion people, or 21.8%, or more than one-fifth of the world's total population.

Major and principal cities in East Asia include Beijing, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hiroshima, Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka, Pyongyang, Sapporo, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, Tokyo, Ulaanbaatar, and Yokohama.

List of Countries of East Asia

List of Countries of East Asia
Country	Capital	Population (2021)^[1]	Area	Currency
China	Beijing	1,425,893,465	9,596,961 sq km (3,705,407 sq mi)	Renminbi (yuan)
Japan	Tokyo	124,612,530	377,915 sq km (145,914 sq mi)	Japanese yen
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	3,347,782	1,564,116 sq km (603,909 sq mi)	Tögrög
North Korea	Pyongyang	25,971,909	120,538 sq km (46,540 sq mi)	Korean People's won
South Korea	Seoul	51,830,139	99,720 sq km (38,502 sq mi)	Korean Republic won
Taiwan	Taipei	23,859,912	35,980 sq km (13,892 sq mi)	New Taiwan dollar