Hougang
Hougang, also known as Aukang, is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It is the largest housing estate in Singapore based on land area, and is home to 226,100 residents as of 2026.
Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.- Suburb with about 228,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- …is also known as “Hougang New Town”
- Description: planning area and town in Singapore
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Suburb
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Hougang
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Latitude
1.3636° or 1° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
103.8898° or 103° 53′ 23″ east
Open location code
6PH59V7Q+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Uzbek—“Hougang” goes by many names.
HougangAsturian
上实龙岗路Chinese
上實龍崗路Chinese
后港Chinese
实龙岗路上段Chinese
實龍崗路上段Chinese
後港Chinese
HougangDutch
Āu-káng (Sin-ka-pho)Min Nan Chinese
هوگانگPersian
Хоуганг Новый городRussian
โฮ่วก่างThai
ہوگانگUrdu
HougangUzbek
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Localities in the Area
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