Arab Economic Unity (GAFTA) – including some Western Asian countries Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) EMEA (including Europe and the Middle East) Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) Union for the Mediterranean (including most European countries and some Western Asian countries) by biogeography: Macaronesia by historical division: Negroland by geology: Kaapvaal Craton Zimbabwe Craton Eurasia Asia by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also: UN geoscheme for Asia): Central Asia Eastern Asia South-eastern Asia Southern Asia Western Asia by geography: Central Asia East Asia Greater China China Hong Kong (some geographers consider it as a part of Northeast Asia) Macau (some geographers consider it as a part of Northeast Asia) Mainland China (some geographers consider it as a part of Northeast Asia) North China (Eastern Inner Mongolia is also a part of Northeast China) Northeast China (AKA Manchuria) – also a part of Northeast Asia Southeast China (excluding Central China) East China (some geographers include Taiwan Island, Penghu, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Socotra Rock, Parangcho, and the Senkaku Islands in this subregion) South Central China Central China South China (including Hainan Island and the South China Sea Islands, some geographers also include Hong Kong and Macau in this subregion) Western China Northwest China (some geographers consider Qinghai and Xinjiang as part of Central Asia) Southwest China (some geographers consider Tibet as a part of Central Asia) South China Sea Islands (some geographers consider them as part of Northeast Asia) Paracel Islands Pratas Island Spratly Islands James Shoal (undersea feature) Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef Zhongsha Islands Macclesfield Bank Walker Shoal Scarborough Shoal Taiwan (some geographers consider it as a part of Northeast Asia) Mongolia (some geographers consider it as a part of Central Asia or Northeast Asia) Northeast Asia China Eastern Inner Mongolia Northeast China (AKA Manchuria) Japan Daitō Islands Mainland Japan Hokkaido Honshu Kyushu Shikoku Nanpō Islands Ryukyu Islands Korea North Korea South Korea Russian Far East (also a part of North Asia, but not a part of East Asia) Outer Manchuria North Asia (AKA Siberia) Russian Far East (also a part of Northeast Asia) Outer Manchuria South Asia Eastern South Asia India Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lakshadweep Mainland India Central India East India Northeast India North India South India (AKA Peninsular India, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep) Western India Southeast Asia Mainland