Singapore
Singapore is a city-state in Southeast Asia. Modern Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819, and since independence, it has become one of the world's most prosperous countries and boasts one of the world's busiest ports.Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Popular Destinations
Singapore Changi Airport
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Singapore Changi Airport, "Changi" or just "the airport" to locals, is the main commercial airport of Singapore.
Riverside
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The Singapore River forms a central artery in Singapore's densely packed Central Business District.
Sentosa and Harbourfront
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Sentosa is an island just off the southern coast of Singapore.
Destinations
Orchard
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Orchard Road is Singaporean consumerism at its most manic, a two-kilometre stretch of interconnected shopping malls, hotels, and hotels with shopping malls catering to all budgets and tastes.
North and West
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The northern and western parts of Singapore are the city's hinterlands, consisting of jungle dotted with public housing blocks and a significant industrial area in Sungei Kadut and the reclaimed area of Tuas.
East Coast
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The East Coast of Singapore is largely residential and offers few sights as such; most visitors just cross it on their way from and to Changi Airport.
Chinatown
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Singapore's Chinatown is the traditional Chinese quarters of town, and while the entire city is largely Chinese these days, the area does retain some of its own charm.
Marina Bay
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Marina Bay is Singapore's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of Riverside.
Little India
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Little India is, as the name promises, the centre for the large Indian community in Singapore.
Bugis
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Bugis and Kampong Glam are districts of Singapore, just to the east of the central business district.
Balestier
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Balestier, Newton, Novena and Toa Payoh are neighbourhoods in central Singapore.
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Notable Places in the Area
Asian Civilisations Museum
The Asian Civilisations Museum is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the Peranakan Museum, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum.The Helix Bridge
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1°17′15.44″N 103°51′38.15″E / 1.2876222°N 103.8605972°E The Helix Bridge, officially The Helix…
Merlion Park
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Merlion Park is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District.
Localities in the Area
Geylang
Geylang is a planning area and township located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore, bordering Hougang and Toa Payoh in the north, Marine Parade in the south, Bedok in the east, and Kallang in the west.Marine Parade
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Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located in the Central Region of Singapore.
Kallang
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Kallang is a planning area and residential zone located in the Central Region of Singapore.
Singapore
- Type: City with 5,540,000 residents
- Description: sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia
- Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese
- Neighbors: Indonesia and Malaysia
- Categories: sovereign state, city-state, island country, port settlement, big city, million city, border town, country, global city and locality
- Location: Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.2899° or 1° 17' 24" northLongitude
103.8519° or 103° 51' 7" eastPopulation
5,540,000Area
692 km² (267 miles²)Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)Capital
SingaporeCurrency
Dollar (SGD)Phone code
.sgInternet domain
65OpenStreetMap ID
node 531668011OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1880251Wikidata ID
Q334Singapore Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Singapur
- Achinese: Singapura
- Adyghe: Сингапур
- Afar: Singapur
- Afrikaans: Singapoer
- Akan: Singapore
- Akan: Singapɔ
- Albanian: Singapor
- Albanian: Singapori
- Amharic: Singapore
- Amharic: ሲንጋፖር
- Amis: Singapore
- Angika: सिंगापुर
- Arabic: Singgapura
- Arabic: سنغافورة
- Aragonese: Singapur
- Armenian: Սինգապուր
- Armenian: Սինգապուրի Հանրապետություն
- Armenian: Սինկափուր
- Arpitan: Singapor
- Assamese: ছিংগাপুৰ
- Asturian: Singapur
- Atayal: Singapore
- Awadhi: सिंगापुर
- Azerbaijani: Sinqapur
- Balinese: Singapura
- Bambara: Sɛngapuri
- Banjar: Singapura
- Bashkir: Сингапур
- Basque: Singapur
- Bavarian: Singapur
- Belarusian: Сынгапур
- Belarusian: Сынґапур
- Belarusian: Сінгапур
- Bengali: সিঙ্গাপুর
- Bhojpuri: सिंगापुर
- Bishnupriya: সিঙ্গাপুর
- Bishnupriya: সিঙ্গারপুর
- Bislama: Singapore
- Bosnian: Singapur
- Brahui: Singápúr
- Breton: Singapour
- Breton: Singapoura
- Buginese: Singapura
- Buginese: ᨔᨗᨊᨁᨕᨄᨘᨑᨕ
- Bulgarian: Република Сингапур
- Bulgarian: Сингапур
- Burmese: စင်ကာပူနိုင်ငံ
- Burmese: စင်္ကာပူ
- Catalan: República de Singapur
- Catalan: Singapur
- Cebuano: Singgapura
- Central Bikol: Singapore
- Central Bikol: Singapur
- Central Kurdish: سینگاپور
- Chavacano: Singapur
- Chechen: Сингапур
- Chinese: Sin-ka-pho
- Chinese: Xīnjiāpō
- Chinese: 新加坡
- Chinese: 新加坡共和国
- Chinese: 新加坡共和國
- Chinese: 新国
- Chinese: 星加坡
- Chinese: 星国
- Chinese: 星洲
- Chinese: 李家坡
- Chinese: 狮城
- Chuvash: Сингапур
- Cornish: Singapour
- Corsican: Republica di Singapore
- Corsican: Ripublica di Singapore
- Corsican: Singapore
- Crimean Tatar: Singapur
- Croatian: Singapur
- Czech: Singapur
- Dagbani: Singapore
- Danish: Singapore
- Dhivehi: ސިންގަޕޫރު
- Dimli (individual language): Singapur
- Dotyali: सिंगापुर
- Dutch: SG
- Dutch: SGP
- Dutch: Singapore
- Dzongkha: སིང་ག་པོར
- Eastern Mari: Сингапур
- Egyptian Arabic: سينجابوره
- English: Garden City
- English: Lion City
- English: Republic of Singapore
- English: S'pore
- English: SG
- English: SGP
- English: SIN
- English: Singapore City
- English: sg
- Erzya: Сингапур
- Esperanto: Leonurbo
- Esperanto: Respubliko Singapuro
- Esperanto: SG
- Esperanto: Singapuro
- Esperanto: sg
- Esperanto: Ĝardenurbo
- Estonian: Singapur
- Estonian: Singapuri Vabariik
- Ewe: Singapore
- Ewe: Singapɔr nutome
- Extremaduran: Singapul
- Faroese: Singapor
- Fiji Hindi: Singapore
- Finnish: Singapore
- Finnish: Singaporen tasavalta
- French: République de Singapour
- French: SG
- French: Singapour
- Fulah: Sinngapuur
- Gagauz: Singapur
- Galician: República de Singapur
- Galician: Singapur
- Galician: سينگاپۊر
- Gan Chinese: 新加坡
- Ganda: Singapowa
- Georgian: სინგაპური
- German: Republik Singapur
- German: Singapur
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Singapore
- Gilaki: سينگاپۊر
- Goan Konkani: Singapore
- Goan Konkani: सिंगापूर
- Gorontalo: Singapura
- Greek: Σιγκαπούρη
- Guarani: Singapur
- Guarani: Singapúra
- Guianese Creole French: Singapour
- Gujarati: સિંગાપુર
- Haitian: Sengapou
- Hakka Chinese: Sîn-kâ-po
- Hausa: Sinapoa
- Hausa: Singafora
- Hausa: Singapore
- Hausa: Singapur
- Hausa: Sîn-kâ-pô
- Hawaiian: Sinapoa
- Hebrew: סינגפור
- Hindi: सिंगापुर
- Hungarian: Szingapúr
- Hungarian: Szingapúri Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Singapúr
- Ido: Singapur
- Igbo: Singapore
- Iloko: Singapore
- Iloko: Singapur
- Inari Sami: Singapore
- Inari Sami: Singapore täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Singapura
- Ingush: Сингапур
- Interlingua: Singapur
- Interlingue: Singapor
- Inuktitut: ᓯᙵᐳᐊ
- Inupiaq: Singapore
- Irish: Singeapór
- Italian: Repubblica di Singapore
- Italian: Singapore
- Jamaican Creole English: Singgapuor
- Japanese: シンガポール
- Japanese: シンガポール共和国
- Japanese: ライオンの町
- Japanese: 新加坡
- Japanese: 新嘉坡
- Japanese: 星
- Japanese: 星加坡
- Japanese: 星洲
- Japanese: 星港
- Japanese: 昭
- Japanese: 昭南島
- Javanese: Singapura
- Kabiyè: Sɛŋgapuuri ɛjaɖɛ
- Kabyle: Singapur
- Kalaallisut: Singapore
- Kalmyk: Сингапурмудин Орн
- Kannada: ಸಿಂಗಪುರ್
- Kannada: ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ
- Kannada: ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Singapur
- Kashmiri: سِنٛگھا پور
- Kashmiri: سِنگاپوٗر
- Kashubian: Singapùr
- Kazakh: Сингапур
- Kazakh: Сингапур Республикасы
- Khmer: សិង្ហបុរី
- Kikuyu: Singapoo
- Kikuyu: Singapore
- Kinyarwanda: Singapore
- Kirghiz: Сингапур, мамлекет
- Kirghiz: Сингапур
- Komi: Сингапур
- Kongo: Singapore
- Korean: 싱가포르
- Korean: 싱가폴
- Kurdish: Singapûr
- Kurdish: سینگاپور
- Ladin: Singapur
- Ladino: Singapur
- Lao: Singapur
- Lao: ປະເທດສິງກະໂປ
- Lao: ສິງກະໂປ
- Latin: Singapura
- Latvian: Singapūra
- Lezghian: Сингапур
- Ligurian: Scingapô
- Limburgan: Singapore
- Lingala: Singapur
- Lingala: Singapurɛ
- Lingua Franca Nova: Singapor
- Literary Chinese: 新加坡
- Lithuanian: Singapūras
- Livvi: Singapore
- Lojban: singapura
- Lombard: Singapur
- Low German: Singapur
- Lower Sorbian: Singapur
- Luba-Katanga: Singapure
- Luxembourgish: Singapur
- Macedo-Romanian: Singapore
- Macedonian: Сингапур
- Madurese: Singapura
- Maithili: सिंगापुर
- Malagasy: Singapaoro
- Malagasy: Singaporo
- Malagasy: Singapour
- Malay: Republik Singapura
- Malay: SG
- Malay: Singapura
- Malay: sg
- Malay: ريڤوبليک سيڠاڤورا
- Malay: سيڠاڤورا
- Malayalam: സിംഗപ്പൂര്
- Malayalam: സിംഗപ്പൂർ
- Maltese: Repubblika ta’ Singapore
- Maltese: Singapor
- Maltese: Singapore
- Mandarin Chinese: 新加坡共和国
- Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯡꯒꯥꯄꯣꯔ
- Manx: Singapore
- Maori: Hingapoa
- Marathi: सिंगापुर
- Marathi: सिंगापूर
- Mazanderani: سنگاپور
- Min Dong Chinese: Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Sin-ka-pho
- Min Nan Chinese: Singapore
- Minangkabau: Singapura
- Mingrelian: სინგაპური
- Mirandese: Singapura
- Moksha: Сингапур
- Mongolian: Сингапур
- Mongolian: ꯁꯤꯡꯒꯥꯄꯣꯔ
- Moroccan Arabic: سنغافورة
- Moroccan Arabic: صنغافورة
- Nauru: Tsingapoar
- Navajo: Táłkááʼ Yadaazʼáhí
- Nepali: सिंगापुर
- Nepali: सिंगापोर
- Nepali: सिङ्गापुर
- Newari: सिंगापोर
- Nias: Singapura
- North Ndebele: Singapore
- Northern Frisian: Singapuur
- Northern Luri: سنگاپور
- Northern Sami: Singapore
- Northern Sami: Singapore dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Singapore
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Singapore
- Norwegian Bokmål: Singapore
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Singapore
- Novial: Singapore
- Occitan (post 1500): Singapor
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Singapore
- Oriya: ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର
- Oriya: ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର୍
- Oromo: Singaappoor
- Ossetian: Сингапур
- Pa'o Karen: သေင်ကာပူခမ်းထီ
- Paiwan: Singapura
- Pali: सिंगापोर
- Pampanga: Singapore
- Pampanga: Singapur
- Pampanga: Singgapur
- Panjabi: ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ
- Panjabi: ਸਿੰਘਾਪੁਰ
- Papiamento: Singapura
- Persian: سنگاپور
- Picard: Singapour
- Piemontese: Singapor
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Singapur
- Polish: Singapur
- Portuguese: Cingapura
- Portuguese: República de Cingapura
- Portuguese: República de Singapura
- Portuguese: SG
- Portuguese: Singapura
- Portuguese: sg
- Pushto: سنګاپور
- Pushto: سينګاپور
- Pushto: سينگاپور
- Quechua: Singapur
- Quechua: Sinqapur
- Romanian: Singapore
- Romansh: Singapur
- Rundi: Singapuru
- Russia Buriat: Сингапур
- Russian: Азия в миниатюре
- Russian: Европа на экваторе
- Russian: Республика Сингапур
- Russian: Сингапур
- Rusyn: Сінґапур
- Sakizaya: Singapore
- Samoan: Sigapoa
- Samogitian: Singapūrs
- Sango: Sïngäpûru
- Sanskrit: सिङ्गापुर
- Sanskrit: सिङ्गापुरम्
- Santali: ᱥᱤᱝᱜᱟᱯᱩᱨ
- Sardinian: Singapore
- Scots: Singapore
- Scottish Gaelic: Singapore
- Scottish Gaelic: Singeapòr
- Serbian: Република Сингапур
- Serbian: Сингапур
- Serbo-Croatian: Singapore
- Serbo-Croatian: Singapur
- Shan: မိူင်းသိင်ႇၵႃႇပူဝ်ႇ
- Shona: Singapore
- Sicilian: Singapura
- Silesian: Singapur
- Sindhi: سنگاپور
- Sindhi: سنگاپور شهر
- Sindhi: سينگاپور
- Sindhi: سينگا پور
- Sinhala: සිංගප්පූරුව
- Skolt Sami: Singapore
- Skolt Sami: Singapore tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Singapur
- Slovak: Singapurská republika
- Slovenian: Singapur
- Somali: Singaboor
- Somali: Singabuur
- South Azerbaijani: سنقاپور
- Spanish: Ciudad de Singapur
- Spanish: Republica de Singapur
- Spanish: República de Singapur
- Spanish: Singapur
- Sundanese: Singapur
- Sundanese: Singapura
- Swahili: Singapore
- Swahili: Singapuri
- Swati: ISingapholo
- Swedish: Republiken Singapore
- Swedish: Singapore
- Swiss German: Singapùùr
- Tagalog: Singapore
- Tajik: Сингапур
- Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர்
- Tamil: சிங்கை
- Tamil: ஸிங்கபூர்
- Taroko: Singapore
- Tatar: Сингапур
- Telugu: సింగపూరు
- Telugu: సింగపూర్
- Tetum: Singapura
- Thai: ประเทศสิงคโปร์
- Thai: สิงคโปร์
- Tibetan: སིངྒ་པུར།
- Tibetan: སེང་ག་ཕོར།
- Tigrinya: ሲንጋፖር
- Tok Pisin: Singapore
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Singapoa
- Tosk Albanian: Singapur
- Tsonga: Singapore
- Tulu: ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ
- Tumbuka: Singapore
- Tunisian Arabic: سنغافورة
- Turkish: Singapur
- Turkmen: Singapur
- Twi: Singapore
- Udmurt: Сингапур
- Uighur: سىنگاپور
- Ukrainian: Республіка Сингапур
- Ukrainian: Республіка Сінгапур
- Ukrainian: Сингапур
- Ukrainian: Сінгапур
- Ukrainian: Сінґапур
- Upper Sorbian: Singapur
- Urdu: سنگاپور
- Uzbek: Singapur
- Venetian: Singapor
- Venetian: Singapore
- Veps: Singapur
- Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Singapore
- Vietnamese: Sing
- Vietnamese: Singapore
- Vietnamese: Thành phố Tân Gia Ba
- Vietnamese: Tân Gia Ba
- Vietnamese: Xin-ga-po
- Vlaams: Singapore
- Vlax Romani: Singapore
- Volapük: Singapurän
- Võro: Singapur
- Waray (Philippines): Singgapura
- Welsh: Singapore
- Welsh: Singapôr
- Western Armenian: Սինկափուր
- Western Frisian: Singapoer
- Western Frisian: Singapore
- Western Panjabi: سنگاپور
- Wolof: Singapoor
- Wolof: Singapuur
- Wu Chinese: 新加坡
- Yakut: Сингапур
- Yiddish: סינגאַפּור
- Yiddish: סינגאפור
- Yoruba: Singapo
- Yoruba: Singapore
- Yue Chinese: 叻埠
- Yue Chinese: 新加坡
- Yue Chinese: 新加坡共和國
- Yue Chinese: 新嘉坡
- Yue Chinese: 新架坡
- Yue Chinese: 星加坡
- Yue Chinese: 星嘉坡
- Yue Chinese: 星架坡
- Yue Chinese: 石叻
- Zeeuws: Singapoor
- Zhuang: Saengyabo
- Zhuang: Sinhgyahboh
- Zulu: i-Singapore
- Singapua
- Siŋapura
- Sɛŋgapuuri
- ma Sinkapula
- سینگاپوور
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