Kovan

Kovan is a neighbourhood located within the town of , in . The neighbourhood today largely consists of private housing properties, where majority of the residents live in terrace homes, semi-detached houses and bungalows.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: place in Singapore
  • Also known as: “Kovan, Singapore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kovan MRT station and Japanese Cemetery Park.

Metro station
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is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North East Line in , . Located underneath Upper Serangoon Road, the station serves the retail development of and surrounding public and private residences.

Cemetery
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The is a cemetery and memorial park in , . Covering an area of 29,359 square metres, it is the largest Japanese cemetery in Southeast Asia and contains 910 tombstones.

Shopping center
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is a shopping mall in . A relatively small in comparison with other malls, it serves the neighbourhood of Kovan. It consists of four floors without a basement, and the fourth level occupied only by tuition centres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hougang and Serangoon North.

Suburb
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, archaically spelt 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.

Neighborhood
Village and Estate is a cluster of HDB apartment flats located north of Serangoon Central separated by to the west and private housing estates to the east with Yio Chu Kang Road connecting the two areas.

Neighborhood
Estate is a residential estate in the district of the of Singapore. It is also commonly known as "Ang Sar Lee" for historical reasons, referring to red zinc roofs of the houses in the estate.

Kovan

Latitude
1.36293° or 1° 21′ 47″ north
Longitude
103.88068° or 103° 52′ 50″ east
Open location code
6PH59V7J+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2511023978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q6434834
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“Kovan” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “高文”
  • Thai: “โควัน”

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