Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah, often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore.- Type: Locality with 77,900 residents
- Description: planning area and residential estate in Central Region, Singapore
- Also known as: “Bt Timah”, “Bukit Timah Estate”, and “Bukit Timah Village”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Singapore Botanic Gardens and Embassy of Switzerland.
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Embassy of Switzerland
Government office
The Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore represents Switzerland's diplomatic mission in Singapore. It is located at 1 Swiss Club Link in Singapore. H.E.
Bukit Timah railway station
Railway station
Photo: EquatorialSky2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bukit Timah railway station is a former railway station and crossing loop in Bukit Timah, in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Opened on the dismantled Tank Road mainline in 1903, it was rebuilt on the current Singapore–Johor Bahru KTM Intercity mainline in 1932, until the Jurong line shut down and it became a crossing loop station in the late 1940s until closure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orchard and North and West.
Orchard
Photo: soeperbaby, CC BY 2.0.
Orchard Road is Singaporean consumerism at its most manic, a two-kilometre stretch of interconnected shopping malls, hotels, and hotels with shopping malls catering to all budgets and tastes.
North and West
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The northern and western parts of Singapore are the city's hinterlands, consisting of jungle dotted with public housing blocks and a significant industrial area in Sungei Kadut and the reclaimed area of Tuas.
Balestier
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balestier, Newton, Novena and Toa Payoh are neighbourhoods in central Singapore. Strung along the North-South Line just north of Orchard Road, these four rather dissimilar districts serve to absorb Singapore's urban sprawl and house its inhabitants.
Bukit Timah
- Categories: planning area of Singapore, architectural structure, tourist attraction, and town
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Bukit Timah” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Bukit Timah”
- Chinese: “Bú-kiat Ti-má”
- Chinese: “武吉知馬”
- Chinese: “武吉知马”
- Dutch: “Bukit Timah”
- Finnish: “Bukit Timah”
- French: “Bukit Timah”
- German: “Bukit Timah”
- Hungarian: “Bukit Temah”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Timah”
- Malay: “Bukit Timah”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bú-kiat Ti-má”
- Slovenian: “Bukit Timah”
- Spanish: “Bukit Timah”
- Wu Chinese: “武吉知马”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nanyang Girls’ High School and Holland Village MRT station.
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