Anson
Anson is a subzone located within the Downtown Core district of Singapore. Its namesake road, Anson Road, was built in 1879 and is named after Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, a former Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, and probably also after Commodore George Anson, Naval Commander of Far East Squadron in 1815.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: subzone of Downtown Core Planning Area in Central Region, Singapore
- Also known as: “Anson, Singapore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marina Bay and Icon Loft.
Marina Bay
Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marina Bay is Singapore's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of Riverside. It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.
Guoco Tower
Shopping center
Guoco Tower is a mixed-use development skyscraper in Tanjong Pagar of the Downtown Core district of Singapore. With a height of 290 m, it is currently the tallest building in Singapore, breaking the record held jointly by UOB Plaza, One Raffles Place and Republic Plaza for more than 20 years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanjong Pagar and Chinatown.
Tanjong Pagar
Neighborhood
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tanjong Pagar is a historic district located within the Central Business District of Singapore, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones.
Chinatown
Photo: William Cho, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Singapore's Chinatown is the traditional Chinese quarters of town, and while the entire city is largely Chinese these days, the area does retain some of its own charm.
Everton Park
Neighborhood
Everton Park is a subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Its boundary is made up of New Bridge Road and Eu Tong Sen Street in the north; Kampong Bahru Road in the west; the Ayer Rajah Expressway in the south; and Cantonment Road in the east.
Anson
- Categories: administrative territorial entity of Singapore and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.27372° or 1° 16′ 25″ northLongitude
103.84361° or 103° 50′ 37″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
6PH57RFV+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8775818870OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Anson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “安順”
- Chinese: “安顺”
- Dutch: “Anson Road”
- Italian: “Anson”
- Japanese: “アンソン”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Anson”. Photo: Khairul Nizam, CC BY 2.0.