page_title: Central Region, Singapore
hierarchical_section_title: Central Region, Singapore
context_page_description: The Central Region is one of the five regions in the city-state of Singapore and the main metropolitan region surrounding the Central Area. Comprising 13,150 hectares of land area, it includes 11 planning areas within the Central Area, as well as another 11 more outside it. The region is home to many of Singapore's national monuments as it was historically the site where the city was first founded and the country's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a 161 tropical garden is also located in the region.
  Although the Central Area is by nature chiefly commercial especially the area in the Downtown Core, it also includes 335,400 residential housing units of various types, ranging from the HDB flats to more exclusive forms of private housing, such as bungalows. There are also 1000 hectares of green spaces, including parks, gardens and other recreational spaces linked by 19 km of park connectors.
context_section_description: The Central Region is one of the five regions in the city-state of Singapore and the main metropolitan region surrounding the Central Area. Comprising 13,150 hectares of land area, it includes 11 planning areas within the Central Area, as well as another 11 more outside it. The region is home to many of Singapore's national monuments as it was historically the site where the city was first founded and the country's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a 161 tropical garden is also located in the region.
  Although the Central Area is by nature chiefly commercial especially the area in the Downtown Core, it also includes 335,400 residential housing units of various types, ranging from the HDB flats to more exclusive forms of private housing, such as bungalows. There are also 1000 hectares of green spaces, including parks, gardens and other recreational spaces linked by 19 km of park connectors.
caption: Planning Areas in the Central Region, excluding PAs within the Central Area
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