South Asia

southern region of Asia

Place Region Q771405

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of: region

Location

Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 26.900°, 72.200°
Continent: Asia^[11]
Located in or next to body of water: Bay of Bengal^[10]
Shares border with: Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Population and size

Highest point: Mount Everest, K2^[19]^[20]
Population: +2027722296^[21]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2,027,722,296 GeoNames 1,702,000,000 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

More facts +7

Part of: Asia, Asia-Pacific^[16]^[17]
Economy of topic: economy of South Asia
Number of out-of-school children: 101.0M (98.9M–158.0M, n=17)^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]
Said to be the same as: Indian subcontinent^[18]
Social media followers: +17553
Studied by: South Asia studies^[37]
Topic has template: Template:South Asian topics^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en S. Asia en Asia, Southern en Greater South Asia en S Asia en Southern Asia en South Asian region en South Asia ar آسيا الجنوبية ar جنوب آسيا ar جنوب اسيا ar جنوبي آسيا cs jižní Asie da Sydasien de Südasien el Νότια Ασία es Sur de Asia es Asia del Sur es Asia meridional fa جنوب آسیا fi Etelä-Aasia

🔖 Identifiers · 55

VIAF cluster ID: 316429285
GND ID: 4058406-9
OpenAlex ID: C3019281177
Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID: 8957
ArchINFORM location ID: 49903
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300120222
BBC Things ID: 755f36fe-2126-4225-92bf-ac459c3c8832
BHCL UUID: 3b59ea3d-a43d-475f-b35a-53c35334c527
BabelNet ID: 01441485n
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026): 18LJo8
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021): 573784
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/South-Asia

Show all 55 identifiers +43

EuroVoc ID: 2848
FAST ID: 1244520
FactGrid item ID: Iron Chef
Freebase ID: /m/06nn1
GACS ID: 22981
GEMET ID: 7951
GeoNames ID: 7729895
Harper's tag: south-asia
Hindustan Times topic ID: south-asia
Joconde domain ID: T51-121
Joconde location ID: T84-311
KBpedia ID: South-Asia
LC and MARC vocabularies ID: geographicAreas/az
Larousse ID: autre-region/Asie_méridionale/106408
Lex ID: Sydasien
M49 code: 034
Mapy.com ID: area&id=314847
MeSH descriptor ID: D000095143
MeSH tree code: Z01.252.245.782
Museum-digital place ID: 6350
NDL Authority ID: 00567661
NL CR AUT ID: ge128683
NRK topic ID: 1.4940323
Namuwiki ID: 남아시아
NicoNicoPedia word article ID: 南アジア
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning: 3568
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID: 19167-4
SVKKL authority ID: 0203497-Asie-jizni
ScienceDirect topic ID: earth-and-planetary-sciences/southern-asia
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID: geografico/1204609
Subreddit: SouthAsia
Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:South Asia
Topic's main category: Category:South Asia
UK Parliament thesaurus ID: 12890
UMLS CUI: C0037723
UNESCO Thesaurus ID: concept867
UVL group ID: asia-south
Vikidia article ID: en:South_Asia
Wellcome Collection concept ID: u6z7gt54
WikiKids ID: Zuid-Azië
YSO ID: 105336
Yale LUX ID: concept/301ed340-3fe6-4e43-8f3f-8c807cd075b5
Zhihu topic ID: 19742982

📚 Sources · 2

GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
ndl_authorities as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · pdl-1.0 data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)

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Located in time zoneP421

Asia/Kolkata 2026-09-26 L/RGN GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26

where from?

Source: GeoNames
Edition: 20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit: CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze: 1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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Library of Congress Authorities IDP244

sh85125541 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01

where from?

Source: ndl_authorities
Edition: 20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence: pdl-1.0
Credit: data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
Bronze: manifest sha256 6e048898660f1188…
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

🔗 Connections

Located in this place 18

World War II, Pacific War, Mataram Sultanate, Golconda Sultanate, South Asian Stone Age, Medieval India, Mongolic peoples, Asian brown cloud +10 more

← Category combines topics 10

Category:Countries in South Asia, Category:History of South Asia, Category:Fauna of South Asia, Category:Economy of South Asia, Category:South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Category:Languages of South Asia, Category:Archaeology of South Asia, Category:Islam in South Asia +2 more

← Located in/on physical feature 9

India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives +1 more

Country 8

India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives

← Indigenous to 5

biryani, chapati, dhoti, saffron rice, Gharara

← Operating area 5

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, South Asian Football Federation, GAC Aion, Cartoon Network, Simply Local

← Shares border with 5

Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, West Asia

Shares border with 4

Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, West Asia

← Facet of 4

Islam in South Asia, history of South Asia, Category:Hinduism in South Asia, Hinduism in South Asia

← Taxon range 4

White-rumped Munia, Baya Weaver, Chalcoparia singalensis, Miniopterus fuliginosus

← Endemic to 3

Brown Rock Chat, Microhyla ornata, Ceriagrion coromandelianum

Has these parts 2

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Himalayan states

Highest point 2

Mount Everest, K2

Part of 2

Asia, Asia-Pacific

← Country of origin 2

dholak, matki

Belongs to 1

Asia

Continent 1

Asia

FactGrid item ID 1

Iron Chef

Instance of 1

region

Located in or next to body of water 1

Bay of Bengal

Said to be the same as 1

Indian subcontinent

Topic's main category 1

Category:South Asia

← Ancestral home 1

South Asian Americans

← Category's main topic 1

Category:South Asia

← Depicts 1

Module:Location map/data/South Asia

← Field of work 1

Anand Yang

← Narrative location 1

Battlefield 2042

← Said to be the same as 1

Indian subcontinent

← Template has topic 1

Template:Countries and territories of South Asia

← Work location 1

Jesuit Refugee Service

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Summary

South Asia is a region^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Afghanistan. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Bangladesh. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Bhutan. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): India. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Maldives. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Nepal. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Pakistan. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ South Asia — country (P17): Sri Lanka. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ South Asia — continent (P30): Asia. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ South Asia — shares border with (P47): Central Asia. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ South Asia — shares border with (P47): East Asia. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ South Asia — shares border with (P47): Southeast Asia. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ South Asia — shares border with (P47): West Asia. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ South Asia — located in or next to body of water (P206): Bay of Bengal. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ South Asia — part of (P361): Asia. workwithdata.com. Retrieved 2024-10-22. workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ South Asia — part of (P361): Asia-Pacific. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ South Asia — said to be the same as (P460): Indian subcontinent. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ South Asia — highest point (P610): Mount Everest. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ South Asia — highest point (P610): K2. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ South Asia — population (P1082): 2,027,722,296. Retrieved 2024-10-22. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ South Asia — topic has template (P1424): Template:South Asian topics. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 98,924,094. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 99,735,708. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 104,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 110,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 113,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 117,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 118,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 121,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 128,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 133,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 138,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 144,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 155,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ South Asia — number of out-of-school children (P2573): 156,000,000. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ South Asia — studied by (P2579): South Asia studies. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ South Asia is an instance of region (Q82794) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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17d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Topic has template → Template:South Asian topics

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9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → south-asia

"Created claim: Harper's tag: south-asia, Matched to south asia (#289960422) in Harper's tag #m"
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