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MapshowingAsia-Pacificintheworld.DarkgreenindicatescoreAsia-Pacificcountries;lightgreenindicatesregionsthatmaybeincluded.Asia-PacificorAsiaPacificisthepartoftheworldinorneartheWesternPacificOcean.Asia-Pacificvariesinareadependingoncontext,butitgenerallyincludesEastAsia,SouthAsia,SoutheastAsia,andOceania.ThetermmayalsoincludepartsofRussia(ontheNorthPacific)andcountriesintheAmericaswhichareonthecoastoftheEasternPacificOcean;theAsia-PacificEconomicCooperation,forexample,includesCanada,Chile,Rus...
Map showing Asia-Pacific in the world. Dark green indicates core Asia-Pacific countries; light green indicates regions that may be included.Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
The term may also include parts of Russia (on the North Pacific) and countries in the Americas which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru and the United States. Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia and Australasia as well as Pacific island nations (Asia Pacific and Australian continent)—for example, when dividing the world into large regions for commercial purposes (e.g., into the Americas, the EMEA and Asia-Pacific).[1]Western Asia is almost never included.[2][3]
On the whole, there is no...