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An enlargeable British Military map of Singapore dated 1945. Singapore is: an island country made up of 63 islands; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia ...
The Central Area, also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the main commercial and financial city centre of Singapore.Located in the south-eastern part of the Central Region, the Central Area consists of eleven constituent planning areas: the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, the Museum Planning Area, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, the Singapore River and ...
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [c] commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, [d] is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.Together, its member states represent a population of more than 600 million people and land area of over 4.5 million km 2 (1.7 million sq mi). [13]
[7] In 1918, in response to a Housing Committee's findings regarding unsanitary living conditions posing a health hazard, [1] the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) was established in 1927.
Cities (kota) Metropolitan (metropolitan) (full list; cities by GDP; regencies by GDP; cities by population; regencies by population) Level 3; Districts (kecamatan, distrik, kapanewon, or kemantren) Level 4; Rural or urban villages (desa or kelurahan) Others; Rukun warga; Rukun tetangga
The Kingdom of Singapura (Malay: Kerajaan Singapura) was a Malay Hindu-Buddhist kingdom thought to have been established during the early history of Singapore upon its main island Temasek from 1299 until its fall sometime between 1396 and 1398. [2]
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