Geography
Historically, Indochina comprises the territory of the former French Indochina:
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Vietnam
The broader geographic and cultural region is today referred to as Mainland Southeast Asia in which sense it also includes:
- Burma (also Myanmar—part of British India until 1937)
- Thailand (formerly Siam)
- Sometimes Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore (also considered part of Maritime Southeast Asia if the Johor-Singapore Causeway is not taken into account)
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