Hougang

Hougang, also known as Aukang, is a planning area and mature residential town located in the of Singapore. It is the largest housing estate in Singapore based on land area, and is home to 247,528 residents as of 2018.
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  • Type: Suburb with 228,000 residents
  • Description: planning area and town in Singapore
  • Also known as: “Hougang New Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paya Lebar Air Base and Masjid Al-Mawaddah.

Aerodrome
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is a military airbase operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force, situated along Airport Road in , within the of Singapore.

Mosque
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is a mosque located in , within the planning area of the , Singapore. It is adjacent to and the Sengkang Grand Mall.

Mosque
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Masjid Al-Istiqamah is a mosque located in the district at the border of and . Completed in 1999, it is one of two mosques built under the third phase of the Mosque Building Fund, the other being at .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balestier and Serangoon.

Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, Newton, Novena and Toa Payoh are neighbourhoods in central . Strung along the North-South Line just north of , these four rather dissimilar districts serve to absorb Singapore's urban sprawl and house its inhabitants.

Suburb
is a planning area and residential town located in the . is bordered by these planning areas – to the north, Hougang to the east, and to the west, as well as to the south.

Suburb
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, also known as Peck San, is a planning area and residential town located at the northernmost portion of the of . Statistically, the area is ranked the 38th biggest in terms of geographical size and the 22nd most populated planning area in the country. is situated 4½ km west of Hougang.

Hougang

Latitude
1.3636° or 1° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
103.8898° or 103° 53′ 23″ east
Population
228,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
6PH59V7Q+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1830761558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1881948
Wiki­data ID
Q10860944
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Satellite Map

Discover Hougang from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Uzbek—“Hougang” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Hougang”
  • Chinese: “Āu-káng”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Dutch: “Hougang”
  • Finnish: “Hougang”
  • German: “Hougang”
  • Indonesian: “Hougang”
  • Japanese: “アッパー･セランゴーン路”
  • Japanese: “ホウガン”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Āu-káng (Sin-ka-pho)”
  • Persian: “هوگانگ”
  • Russian: “Хоуганг Новый город”
  • Thai: “โฮ่วก่าง”
  • Urdu: “ہوگانگ”
  • Uzbek: “Hougang”

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