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Commonwealth

Commonwealth is a subzone of , located in the central-western part of . It is named after the Commonwealth of Nations. Commonwealth consists of Housing and Development Board flats, and there is one primary school and a secondary school in the area, New Town Primary School and Queensway Secondary School.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 10,600 residents
  • Description: Sub-zone of the Queenstown district of Singapore
  • Also known as: “Commonwealth, Singapore” and “Tanglin Halt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Commonwealth and Queenstown Public Library.

Metro station
Photo: Mailer diablo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East–West Line in , Singapore. Operated by SMRT, the station serves nearby landmarks such as the Delta Swimming Complex and Thye Hong Centre.

Library
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
is one of the 26 public libraries established by the National Library Board of Singapore. It was the first full-time Branch Library to be built by the National Library in its plan to decentralise home reading services.

Metro station
Photo: ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line, located along the boundary of and planning areas in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanglin Halt and Biopolis.

Neighborhood
is a public housing estate, planning subzone and former industrial estate in , Singapore. Most of the older buildings in the estate are set to be demolished by 2024 to make way for redevelopments under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme.

Quarter
is a research and development centre for biomedical sciences in . It is located at in , and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Singapore Institute of Technology, the , the Singapore Science Park, Ministry of Education, ESSEC Business School, Business School, and .

Suburb
Photo: Takamaxa, Copyrighted free use.
, often abbreviated as Holland V, is a neighbourhood located along the boundary between the planning areas of and in the of . The area is served by its own , which opened in 2011.

Commonwealth

Latitude
1.30495° or 1° 18′ 18″ north
Longitude
103.79988° or 103° 47′ 60″ east
Population
10,600
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
6PH58Q3X+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13348031282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
1882118
Wiki­data ID
Q5153670
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“Commonwealth” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “联邦”
  • Chinese: “聯邦 (新加坡)”
  • Thai: “คอมมอนเวลธ์”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Commonwealth”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Holland Heights Estate and Queen’s Circus.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Queenstown Lutheran Church and Sports @ Buona Vista.

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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 “Commonwealth”. Photo: Khairul Nizam, CC BY 2.0.