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Singapore is a city-state and island country in maritime Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. It is heavily compact and urbanised. As of 2023, Singapore has a total land area of approximately 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi). [1]
A large extent of the Malaysia–Singapore border is defined by the Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore to delimit precisely the territorial waters boundary in accordance with the Straits Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement 1927 as being straight lines joining a series of 72 geographical coordinates roughly running about ...
The distance between Singapore's Woodlands Checkpoint and Malaysia's Bangunan Sultan Iskandar is approximately 2.4 km (1.5 mi). It also serves as a water pipeline between the two countries, with untreated water being sent to Singapore, and some of the treated water being sent back to Malaysia.
Around 350,000 travelers and 100,000 vehicles try to cross the border each day, leading to queues and traffic jams that can last for hours between Singapore and Malaysia’s Johor state.
Peninsular Malaysia makes up 132,090 square kilometres (51,000 sq mi), [1] or almost 40% of the country's land area, while East Malaysia covers 198,847 square kilometres (76,780 sq mi), or 60%. From the total land area, 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) or 0.37% is made up of water such as lakes, rivers, or other internal waters.
This turning point is located near the western end of the boundary determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement Boundary between 21 and 22 determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement Continental shelf border according to 1979 map, subject to negotiations with Indonesia and Singapore 22 1 17'.63 104 7'.5 This turning ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- It’s late afternoon and the century-old bridge joining Singapore and Malaysia should be starting to clog with the evening commute. Viewed from a boat in a narrow sea lane ...
This turning point may form part of the Malaysia-Singapore border 19 103° 34'.95 1° 15'.15 This turning point may form part of the Malaysia-Singapore border 20 103° 37'.38 1° 16'.37 This turning point may form part of the Malaysia-Singapore border 21 103° 24'.1 1° 15'.85 This turning point may form part of the Malaysia-Singapore border