id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-336 Malay Peninsula - Wikipedia .html text/html 1834 259 69 The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung), as well as the city-state of Singapore, historically inhabited by the Malays, an Austronesian people. Prior to the foundation of Malacca, ancient and medieval references to a Malay peninsula exist in various foreign sources. The Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests cover the northern peninsula, including the Tenasserim Hills and the Isthmus of Kra, and extend to the coast on both sides of the isthmus. The Kangar-Pattani floristic boundary crosses the peninsula in southern Thailand and northernmost Malaysia, marking the boundary between the large biogeographic regions of Indochina to the north and Sundaland and Malesia to the south. India's Interaction with Southeast Asia: History of Science,Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Vol. 1, Part 3. Media related to Malay Peninsula at Wikimedia Commons Categories: Malay Peninsula Peninsulas of Asia ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-336.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-336.txt