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{{Short description|Land area comprising the rim of the Pacific Ocean}}
{{For multi|Pacific earthquake and volcanic activity|Ring of Fire|the film|Pacific Rim (film)|other uses|Pacific Rim (disambiguation)}}

[[File:环太平洋地区.svg|thumb|Countries in blue border the Pacific Rim.]]

The '''Pacific Rim''' comprises the lands around the rim of the [[Pacific Ocean]].  The ''[[Pacific Ocean|Pacific Basin]]'' includes the Pacific Rim and the [[islands in the Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="ERICDigest">{{cite web | url=http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-929/rim.htm | title=Teaching about the Pacific Rim. ERIC Digest No. 43 | access-date=March 12, 2011 | author=Wojtan, Linda S. | date=December 1987 | publisher=ERIC | archive-date=March 8, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308002246/http://ericdigests.org/pre-929/rim.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>  The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geological Pacific [[Ring of Fire]].

== List of countries on the Pacific Rim ==
This is a list of countries that are generally considered to be a part of the Pacific Rim, since they lie along the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blpacificrim.htm |title=Countries of the Pacific Rim |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=2008-06-05 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231845/http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blpacificrim.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Arranging from north to south, west to east in directional order.

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* [[East Asia]]
** {{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Far East|Russian Federation]]<ref>Only the Russian Far East, which is partly located on the Pacific Rim</ref>
** {{JPN}}
** {{PRK}}
** {{KOR}}
** {{CHN}}
*** {{HKG}}
*** {{MAC}}
** {{TWN}}
* [[Southeast Asia]]
** {{VIE}}
** {{CAM}}
** {{THA}}
** {{MAS}}
** {{SIN}}
** {{BRU}}
** {{INA}}
** {{PHI}}
** {{TLS}}
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* [[Oceania]] ([[Sovereign state|Sovereign states]])
** {{AUS}}
** {{PLW}}
** {{FSM}}
** {{PNG}}
** {{SOL}}
** {{NRU}}
** {{MHL}}
** {{VAN}}
** {{NZL}}
** {{TUV}}
** {{FIJ}}
** {{KIR}}
** {{TGA}}
** {{SAM}}
** {{NIU}}
** {{COK}}
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* [[Oceania]] ([[Dependent territory|Dependent territories]])
** {{flagicon|AUS}} [[States and territories of Australia|External territory of Australia]]
*** {{NFK}}
** {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Realm of New Zealand]]
*** {{TKL}}
** {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Overseas France|French overseas collectivities]]
*** {{NCL}}
*** {{flag|Wallis and Futuna|local}}
*** {{PYF}}
** {{flagicon|GBR}} [[British Overseas Territories|British Overseas Territory]]
*** {{PCN}}
** {{flagicon|US}} [[Insular area|United States insular areas]]
*** {{MNP}}
*** {{GUM}}
*** {{ASM}}
** {{flagicon|US}} [[United States]]
*** {{flag|Hawaii}}
** {{flagdeco|Chile}} [[Insular Chile]]
*** {{flag|Easter Island}}
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* [[North America]]
** {{CAN}}
** {{USA}}
** {{MEX}}
* [[Central America]]
** {{GUA}}
** {{ESA}}
** {{HON}}
** {{NCA}}
** {{CRC}}
** {{PAN}}
* [[South America]]
** {{COL}}
** {{ECU}}
** {{PER}}
** {{CHL}}
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== Commerce ==
The Pacific has much international [[Ship transport|shipping]]. The top 10 busiest container ports, with the exception of [[Dubai|Dubai's]] [[Port of Jebel Ali]] (9th), are in the Rim nations. They are home to 29 of the [[List of world's busiest container ports|world's 50 busiest container shipping ports]]:

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* {{Flag|South Korea}}
** [[Busan]] (5th)
* {{Flag|Japan}}
** [[Port of Yokohama|Yokohama]] (36th)
** [[Port of Tokyo|Tokyo]] (25th)
** [[Port of Nagoya|Nagoya]] (47th)
** [[Port of Kobe|Kobe]] (49th)
* {{Flag|Taiwan}}
** [[Port of Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung]] (12th)
* {{Flag|Hong Kong}} 
** [[Port of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (3rd)
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* {{Flag|China}}
** [[Port of Shanghai|Shanghai]] (1st)
** [[Port of Shenzhen|Shenzhen]] (4th)
** [[Port of Ningbo|Ningbo]] (6th)
** [[Port of Guangzhou|Guangzhou]] (7th)
** [[Qingdao Port|Qingdao]] (8th)
** [[Port of Tianjin|Tianjin]] (10th)
** [[Port of Xiamen|Xiamen]] (19th)
** [[Port of Dalian|Dalian]] (21st)
** [[Lianyungang]] (30th)
** [[Yingkou]] (34th)
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* {{Flag|Philippines}}
** [[Port of Manila|Manila]] (37th)
* {{Flag|Vietnam}}
** [[Saigon Port|Saigon]] (28th)
* {{Flag|Thailand}}
** [[Laem Chabang]] (22nd)
* {{Flag|Malaysia}}
** [[Port Klang]] (13th)
** [[Port of Tanjung Pelepas|Tanjung Pelepas]] (16th)
* {{Flag|Singapore}}
** [[Port of Singapore|Singapore]] (2nd)
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* {{Flag|Indonesia}}
** [[Port of Jakarta|Jakarta]] (24th)
** [[Surabaya]] (38th)
* {{Flag|Canada}}
** [[Port Metro Vancouver|Vancouver]] (50th)
* {{Flag|United States}}
** [[Port of Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] (17th)
** [[Port of Long Beach|Long Beach]] (18th)
** [[Port of Seattle|Seattle/Tacoma]] (48th)
*{{Flag|Panama}}
** [[Balboa, Panama|Balboa]] (43rd)
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== Organizations ==

Various [[Intergovernmental organizations|intergovernmental]] and [[non-governmental organization]]s focus on the Pacific Rim, including [[APEC]], the [[East-West Center]], Sustainable Pacific Rim Cities,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sustainablepacific.org/ |title=Sustainable Pacific Rim Cities |website=www.sustainablepacific.org |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411192416/http://www.sustainablepacific.org/ |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> the [[Pacific Basin Institute]], and the [[Institute of Asian Research]]. In addition, the [[RIMPAC]] [[naval exercise]]s are coordinated by [[United States Pacific Command]].

== See also ==

* [[Pacific Asia]], the Asian portion of the Pacific Rim
* [[Pacific Century]]
* [[Pacific coast]]

== Bibliography ==

*[[Clausen, A. W.]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=k65eAAAAIAAJ&q=+Australia ''The Pacific Asian Countries: A Force For Growth in the Global Economy'']. Los Angeles: World Affairs Council, 1984. ED 244 852. 
*Cleveland, Harlan. ''The Future of the Pacific Basin: A Keynote Address''. New Zealand: Conference on New Zealand's Prospects in the Pacific Region, 1983. 
*Gibney, Frank B., Ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0KPZAAAAMAAJ&q=countries ''Whole Pacific Catalog'']. Los Angeles, CA: 1981. 
*"The Pacific Basin Alliances, Trade and Bases." GREAT DECISIONS 1987. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1987. ED 283 743. 
*{{cite book |last1=Palin |first1=Michael |title=[[Full Circle (travel book)|Full Circle]] |date=1997 |publisher=BBC Books |isbn=0-563-37121-8}}. A travelogue of a complete journey around the Pacific Rim accompanying the 1997 TV series ''[[Full Circle with Michael Palin]]''.
*Rogers, Theodore S., and Robert L. Snakenber. "Language Studies in the Schools: A Pacific Prospect." EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 21 (1982): 12–15. 
*Wedemeyer, Dan J., and Anthony J. Pennings, Eds. ''Telecommunications—Asia, Americas, Pacific: PTC 86. "Evolution of the Digital Pacific."'' Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Telecommunications Council: Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986. ED 272 147. 
*West, Philip, and Thomas Jackson. ''The Pacific Rim and the Bottom Line''. Bloomington, Indiana, 1987.

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
* Phillips, Douglas A. and Steven C. Levi.  ''The Pacific Rim Region:  Emerging Giant''.  Hillside, NJ:  Enslow Publishers, 1988.  {{ISBN|0-89490-191-5}}
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