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Oceania: South Pacific
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Interpretations of what territories constitute Oceania varies. This wet and wild area of the world is more of a geographical or geopolitical concept, grouping islands, including Australia, in the Pacific Ocean and surrounding areas.
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East Timor is often reckoned as a part of Oceania due to its location to the east of the Wallace Line and its cultural ties to Pacific peoples. See transcontinental country; [1] Biogeographically, East Timor lies within Wallacea, an ecological transition zone between Asia and Australasia. This transition is less known and less favoured these days as a continental boundary.
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Parts of the Malay archipelago and West Papua are sometimes included in Oceania as part of Melanesia, especially in an ethnic or linguistic context. Politically... these are usually grouped as Asian countries under South-east Asia.
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East Timor is frequently reckoned as a part of Oceania due to its geographical position to the east of the Wallace Line and its cultural ties to the Pacific people. See transcontinental country.
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