Singapore

Singapore

sovereign state, city-state, island country, city, port city, big city, border city, country, global city, national capital

Part of	Southeast Asia
Year dem found am	9 August 1965
Official name	Republic of Singapore, Republik Singapura, 新加坡共和国, சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
Native label	Republic of Singapore, Republik Singapura, 新加坡共和国, சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
Nickname	Lion City, 狮城
Short name	🇸🇬
Ethnic group	Chinese Singaporeans, Malays, Indian Singaporeans
Religion anaa worldview	Budism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism
Participant insyd	ASEAN cable system
Dem name after	Sinha
Official language	English, Malay, Standard Chinese, Tamil
Anthem	Onward Singapore
Culture	culture of Singapore
Motto text	Majulah Singapura, Onward, Singapore
Continent	Asia
Country	Singapore
Capital of	Straits Settlements
Capital	Singapore
Located in time zone	UTC+08:00, Singapore Standard Time, Asia/Singapore
Located in or next to body of water	Singapore Strait, Singapore River
Coordinate location	1°18′0″N 103°48′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	1°24′36″N 104°5′8″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	1°28′12″N 103°49′12″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	1°8′27″N 103°39′36″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	1°14′33″N 103°36′21″E
Highest point	Bukit Timah
Lowest point	Singapore Strait
Government ein basic form	parliamentary republic
Office held by head of state	President of Singapore
State ein head	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Singapore
Government ein head	Lawrence Wong
Executive body	Government of Singapore
Legislative body	Parliament of Singapore
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Singapore
Central bank	Monetary Authority of Singapore
Dey contain de administrative territorial entity	North East Community Development Council, North West Community Development Council, South East Community Development Council, South West Community Development Council, Central Singapore Community Development Council
Currency	Singapore dollar
Twinned administrative body	Gibraltar, Pyongyang
Dey share bother plus	Malaysia, Indonesia
Driving side	left
Electrical plug type	BS 1363
Dey replace	Singapore in Federation of Malaysia
Present in work	Civilization V
Dema official website	https://www.gov.sg/
Hashtag	Singapore
Top-level Internet domain	.sg
Flag	flag of Singapore
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Singapore
Official symbol	Vanda 'Miss Joaquim'
Topographic map	Atlas of Singapore
Geography of topic	geography of Singapore
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Singapore
Uses	vertical farming, roof garden
Open data portal	Singapore Open Data
Bibliography	bibliography of Singapore
Economy of topic	economy of Singapore
Demographics of topic	demographics of Singapore
Mobile country code	525
Country calling code	+65
Trunk prefix	no value
Emergency phone number	995, 999
GS1 country code	888
Licence plate code	SGP
Maritime identification digits	563, 564, 565, 566
Unicode character	🇸🇬
Category for honorary citizens of entity	Category:Honorary citizens of Singapore
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Singapore

Singapore, officially de Republic of Singapore, be an island country den city-state insyd Southeast Asia. De country ein territory dey comprise one main island, 63 satellite islands den islets, den one outlying islet. E be about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres anaa 85 miles) north of de equator, off de southern tip of de Malay Peninsula, wey dey border de Strait of Malacca to de west, de Singapore Strait to de south along plus de Riau Islands insyd Indonesia, de South China Sea to de east, den de Straits of Johor along plus de State of Johor insyd Malaysia to de north.

Singapore be one of de five founding members of ASEAN, e sanso be de headquarters of de Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat, de Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Secretariat, wey e be de host city of chaw international conferences den events. Singapore sanso be a member of de United Nations, de World Trade Organization, de East Asia Summit, de Non-Aligned Movement, den de Commonwealth of Nations.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Singapore (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1929–1941 and 1948–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	35.2 (95.4)	35.2 (95.4)	36.0 (96.8)	35.8 (96.4)	35.4 (95.7)	35.0 (95.0)	34.0 (93.2)	34.2 (93.6)	34.4 (93.9)	34.6 (94.3)	34.6 (94.3)	35.6 (96.1)	36.0 (96.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.6 (87.1)	31.5 (88.7)	32.2 (90.0)	32.4 (90.3)	32.3 (90.1)	31.9 (89.4)	31.4 (88.5)	31.4 (88.5)	31.6 (88.9)	31.8 (89.2)	31.2 (88.2)	30.5 (86.9)	31.6 (88.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.8 (80.2)	27.3 (81.1)	27.8 (82.0)	28.2 (82.8)	28.6 (83.5)	28.5 (83.3)	28.2 (82.8)	28.1 (82.6)	28.0 (82.4)	27.9 (82.2)	27.2 (81.0)	26.8 (80.2)	27.8 (82.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	24.3 (75.7)	24.6 (76.3)	24.9 (76.8)	25.3 (77.5)	25.7 (78.3)	25.7 (78.3)	25.4 (77.7)	25.3 (77.5)	25.2 (77.4)	25.0 (77.0)	24.6 (76.3)	24.3 (75.7)	25.0 (77.0)
Record low °C (°F)	19.4 (66.9)	19.7 (67.5)	20.2 (68.4)	20.7 (69.3)	21.2 (70.2)	20.8 (69.4)	19.7 (67.5)	20.2 (68.4)	20.7 (69.3)	20.6 (69.1)	21.1 (70.0)	20.6 (69.1)	19.4 (66.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	221.6 (8.72)	105.1 (4.14)	151.7 (5.97)	164.3 (6.47)	164.3 (6.47)	135.3 (5.33)	146.6 (5.77)	146.9 (5.78)	124.9 (4.92)	168.3 (6.63)	252.3 (9.93)	331.9 (13.07)	2,113.2 (83.20)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)	13	9	12	15	15	13	14	14	13	15	19	19	171
Average relative humidity (%)	83.5	81.2	81.7	82.6	82.3	80.9	80.9	80.7	80.7	81.5	84.9	85.5	82.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	180.4	198.6	196.6	182.4	184.8	175.4	188.5	184.6	161.4	155.0	133.2	133.1	2,074
Source 1: National Environment Agency
Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1991–2020)

Virtual Singapore

Virtual Singapore be a 3D digital replica of Singapore, wich be used by de Government of Singapore, Singapore Land Authority, den chaw more companies make dem plan for industrial changes. E sanso be used for disaster management.

Demographics

Largest towns den planning areas insyd Singapore Singapore Department of Statistics population report for June 2024
Rank	Name	Region	Pop.	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
1	Tampines	East	284,560	11	Ang Mo Kio	North-East	159,340
2	Bedok	East	276,840	12	Bukit Merah	Central	148,270
3	Jurong West	West	257,470	13	Pasir Ris	East	145,150
4	Sengkang	North-East	265,060	14	Toa Payoh	Central	139,310
5	Woodlands	North	255,180	15	Bukit Panjang	West	138,050
6	Hougang	North-East	229,520	16	Serangoon	North-East	117,630
7	Yishun	North	228,910	17	Geylang	Central	116,610
8	Choa Chu Kang	West	190,180	18	Queenstown	Central	101,930
9	Punggol	North-East	199,400	19	Sembawang	North	110,090
10	Bukit Batok	West	167,750	20	Kallang	Central	100,560

Works dem cite

• Bose, Romen (2010). The End of the War: Singapore's Liberation and the Aftermath of the Second World War. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-981-261-066-9.
• Legg, Frank (1965). The Gordon Bennett Story: From Gallipoli to Singapore. Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. OCLC 3193299.
• Miksic, John N. (2013). Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-558-3.
• Smith, Colin (2006). Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II. Penguin military history. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-101036-6.
• Toland, John (1970). The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945. New York, NY: Random House. LCCN 77-117669. OL 25646706M.
• Wigmore, Lionel (1957). The Japanese Thrust. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.

Read further

• Abshire, Jean E. (2011). The History of Singapore. The Greenwood histories of the modern nations. Santa Barbara, Calif: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-37742-6. OCLC 669750075.
• Barr, Michael D. (2019). Singapore: A Modern History. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-13387-7. OCLC 1097575328.
• Corfield, Justin J. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East (New ed.). Lanham (Md.): Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7184-7.
• Ghesquiere, Henri (2007). Singapore's Success: Engineering Economic Growth. Singapore: Thomson Corporation. ISBN 978-981-4195-28-7.
• Heng, Chye Kiang, ed. (2015). 50 Years Of Urban Planning In Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-4656-45-0.
• Hill, Michael; Lian, Kwen Fee (1995). The Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singapore. Politics in Asia series (Repr ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-12025-8.
• Huff, W. G. (1994). The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-37037-0.
• King, Rodney (2008). The Singapore Miracle, Myth and Reality (2. ed.). Inglewood, WA: Insight Press. ISBN 978-0-9775567-0-0.
• Leifer, Michael (2000). Singapore's Foreign Policy: Coping with Vulnerability. Politics in Asia. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23353-8.
• Mauzy, Diane K.; Milne, R. S. (2002). Singapore Politics Under the People's Action Party. Politics in Asia. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-24653-8.
• Chia, Wai Mun; Sng, Hui Ying, eds. (2009). Singapore and Asia in a Globalized World: Contemporary Economic Issues and Policies. Singapore; Hackensack, N.J: World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-281-557-6.
• Perry, John Curtis (2017). Singapore: Unlikely Power. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-046950-4.
• Singh, Bilveer (2022). Understanding Singapore Politics (Second ed.). Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-12-4340-0.
• Tan, Kenneth Paul (2007). Tan, Kenneth Paul (ed.). Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-377-0.
• Worthington, Ross (2003). Governance in Singapore. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1474-2.
• Lee, Kuan Yew (2000). From Third World to First: The Singapore Story, 1965-2000. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-019776-6.

External links

• Official website Singapore Government Portal
• Geographic data related to Singapore at OpenStreetMap
• Singapore Department of Statistics
• "Key Facts & Figures". Ministry of Transport, Singapore. Retrieved 11 January 2003.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Singapore
• WikiSatellite view of Singapore at WikiMapia
• "About Us" from Singapore's National Library Board; numerous well-researched and well-documented essays on key events and important figures, as well as topics regarding culture, architecture, nature, etc.
• Singapore profile from the BBC News