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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state and the smallest country in South-East Asia. It is located on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor, and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands. It lies 137 kilometres (85 miles) north of the Equator.
The site of several ancient port cities and a possession of several empires in its history, Singapore was a Malay fishing village when it was colonised by the United Kingdom in the 19th century. It was further occupied by the Japanese Empire in World War II, and was later part of the merger which established Malaysia. When Singapore acquired independence, having few natural resources, it was sociopolitically volatile and economically undeveloped. Foreign investment and rapid government-led industrialisation has since created an economy which relies on exports of electronics and manufacturing primarily from its port.
According to the quality-of-life index assembled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Singapore has the highest standard of living in Asia, and is ranked 11th in the World.[1] In the more well-known Human Development Index by the United Nations, Singapore holds the 25th place, behind only Japan and Hong Kong in Asia. Measured by GDP per capita, Singapore is the 22nd wealthiest country. The geographically small nation has a foreign reserve of S$197b (US$119b).
More than 90% of Singapore's population lives in housing estates constructed by the Housing Development Board and nearly half use the public transport system daily.[2] As a result of efforts to control motorised traffic, the maintenance of natural greenery, strict regulations on industrial locations and emissions, and other pro-environmental initiatives by the government and the private sector, Singapore has been able to control its pollution levels to well within World Health Organization standards.[3] The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore established the city-state as a representative democracy. Singapore initially undertook a democratic socialist policy shortly after its independence, adopting a welfare system. However, the government has since become more conservative than it was at the founding of the republic.





Republik Singapura
新加坡共和国
சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
Republic of Singapore






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Flag
Coat of arms

Motto: Majulah Singapura
(Malay: "Onward, Singapore")

Anthem: Majulah Singapura




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Capital
(largest city)
Singapore1
1°17′N 103°51′E

Official languages
English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil

Government
Parliamentary republic

- President
Sellapan Ramanathan

- Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong

Independence


- Unilateral declaration (from the UK)
August 31, 1963

- Officially from UK (as a state of Malaysia)
September 16, 1963

- from Malaysia
August 9, 1965

Area

- Total
699 km² (190th)
270 sq mi

- Water (%)
1.444

Population

- July 2005 estimate
4,326,000 (120th)

- 2000 census
4,117,700

- Density
6,389/km² (4th)
16,392/sq mi

GDP (PPP)
2006 estimate

- Total
$123.4 billion (57th)

- Per capita
$28,368 (22nd)

HDI (2003)
0.907 (high) (25th)

Currency
Singapore dollar (SGD)

Time zone
SST (UTC+8)

- Summer (DST)
not observed (UTC+8)

Internet TLD
.sg

Calling code
+652

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