Queenstown
Queenstown is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. It borders Bukit Timah to the north, Tanglin to the northeast, Bukit Merah to the east and southeast, as well as Clementi to the northwest and west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 95,900 residents
- Description: planning area of Singapore named after Queen Elizabeth II
- Also known as: “Queenstown Estate”, “Queenstown New Town”, and “Queenstown, Singapore”
- Historically known as: “无尾港”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National University Hospital and Haw Par Villa.
National University Hospital
Hospital
Haw Par Villa
Park
Kent Ridge Park
Park
Photo: Aldwinteo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kent Ridge Park is a 47-hectare public park located in Kent Ridge, Singapore, between the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Science Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orchard and Riverside.
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.
Riverside
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Singapore River forms a central artery in Singapore's densely packed Central Business District. The north bank of the river is where Raffles landed and founded his colony, and to this day many central government buildings can be found in the area.
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.
Queenstown
- Categories: town, planning area of Singapore, and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.2892° or 1° 17′ 21″ northLongitude
103.7845° or 103° 47′ 4″ eastPopulation
95,900Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
6PH57QQM+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 13348024998OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1884386Wikidata ID
Q9079137
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Queenstown” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوينزتاون (سنغافورة)”
- Asturian: “Queenstown, Singapore”
- Chinese: “Lú-ông-tìn”
- Chinese: “女皇镇”
- Chinese: “無尾港” (historical)
- Dutch: “Queenstown”
- Finnish: “Queenstown”
- Japanese: “クイーンズタウン (シンガポール)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lú-ông-tìn”
- Persian: “کوینزتاون”
- Portuguese: “Queenstown (Singapura)”
- Portuguese: “Queenstown”
- Thai: “ควีนส์ทาวน์”
- Ukrainian: “Квінстаун”
- Urdu: “کوینزٹاؤن، سنگاپور”
- Uzbek: “Queenstown qishlogʻi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include DSO National Laboratories (Marina Hill) and Marina Hill.
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