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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]
The North-East Region of Singapore is made up of 7 planning areas, comprising 48 subzones in total. There are plans to transform Seletar into the regional centre of the North-East Region in the future. Planning Area [1] Subzone [1] Estimated population (2018) [2] Remarks. Ang Mo Kio. Ang Mo Kio Town Centre. 4,820.
7,000/km 2 (18,000/sq mi) 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, [2] 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 ...
The Central Area, also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the main commercial 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 Straits View ...
In 2001, the 9 districts and CDCs were then reformed into 5, namely the North East CDC, North West CDC, South East CDC, South West CDC and Central Singapore CDC. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Each district is then further divided into electoral constituencies and town councils. The council boundaries follow that of the existing political divisions, with each ...
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]
A central feature of the museum is the Peranakan Wedding Bed which once belonged to Mrs. Quah Hong Chiam of Penang, and the very bed where she gave birth to the first seven of her 11 children. [3] On 1 April 2019, the museum was closed for renovations works, which is expected to be completed by 2022. [4] The museum reopened on 17 February 2023. [5]
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay [note 1] or nicknamed as The Durian [1] [page needed] is a performing arts centre located in the Downtown Core of Singapore near the mouth of the Singapore River. Named after the nearby Esplanade Park , it consists of two rounded structures: one housing a concert hall with about 1,600 seats; and the other a ...