Tuas
Tuas is a planning area located within the West Region of Singapore. It is bounded by the Western Water Catchment to its north, Pioneer to its east and the Straits of Johor to its west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 70 residents
- Description: planning area and town in Singapore
- Also known as: “Tuas Village” and “Tuas, Singapore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuas South Incineration Plant.
Tuas South Incineration Plant
Power station
Tuas South Incineration Plant is the largest waste incineration facility in Singapore. It was commissioned in June 2000. The plant can incinerate 3000 tonnes of garbage every day.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuas View and Pioneer Sector.
Tuas View
Neighborhood
Tuas View is an industrial area in the south-westernmost region of Singapore. It is located to the south-west of Tuas Crescent and Tuas South Avenue 5. Tuas View is situated 3 km south of Tuas.
Pioneer Sector
Neighborhood
Pioneer Sector is part of the Jurong Industrial Estate which is the largest industrial estate in Singapore. Pioneer Sector comprises Pioneer Sectors 1, 2, 3, Pioneer Sector Walk, Pioneer Sector Lane and Gul Road and is bounded by Pioneer Road on the North, Tuas Basin on the West, Selat Jurong on the South and Gul Basin on the East. Pioneer Sector is situated 4 km northeast of Tuas.
Jurong
Neighborhood
Jurong is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and Pioneer, along with Jurong Island in the Western Islands cluster and the southernmost portions of the Western Water Catchment. Jurong is situated 5 km east of Tuas.
Tuas
- Categories: town, border city, planning area of Singapore, and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.28258° or 1° 16′ 57″ northLongitude
103.6326° or 103° 37′ 57″ eastPopulation
70Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)United Nations Location Code
SG TUAOpen location code
6PH57JMM+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 2511002281OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Thai—“Tuas” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tuas”
- Chinese: “Tōa-sū”
- Chinese: “大士 (新加坡)”
- Chinese: “大士”
- French: “Tuas”
- Japanese: “トゥアス”
- Japanese: “トゥアス地区”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tōa-sū (Sin-ka-pho)”
- Tamil: “துவாஸ்”
- Thai: “ตวซ”
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