# Singapore

Singapore

sovereign state, city-state, island country, city, port city, big city, border city, country, global city, national capital| 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  |
| 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  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Southeast Asia  |
| 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 |   |
| Hashtag | Singapore  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .sg  |
| Flag | flag of Singapore  |
| Coat of arms | Coat of arms of Singapore  |
| Official symbol | Papilionanthe '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  |
| Commonwealth Sport country code | SGP, SIN  |
| Mobile country code | 525  |
| Country calling code | +65  |
| Trunk prefix | no value  |
| Emergency phone number | 995, 999  |
| GS1 country code | 888  |
| Vehicle registration 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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.

* 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