Sang Nila Utama
Sang Nila Utama is a memorial in Singapore. Sang Nila Utama is situated nearby to the memorial Raffles’s Landing Site, as well as near Asian Civilisations Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marina Bay and Asian Civilisations Museum.
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.
Asian Civilisations Museum
Museum
The Asian Civilisations Museum is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the Peranakan Museum, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum.
National Gallery Singapore
Museum
Photo: Jacklee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the National Gallery, is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore. National Gallery Singapore is situated 320 metres north of Sang Nila Utama.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Core and Raffles Place.
Downtown Core
Suburb
The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with two integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive buildings in the world, with a luxurious standalone casino at Bayfront Avenue.
Raffles Place
Quarter
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan.
Civic District
Suburb
Photo: William Cho, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Civic District is a district located near the Singapore River in the Central Area of Singapore. It contains historical buildings and museums such as The Arts House, National Gallery Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, and Asian Civilisations Museum.
Sang Nila Utama
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “A Palembang prince, Sang Nila Utama was said to have arrived on our white sandy shores in 1299. His vsion of a creature led to the founding of a flourishing port city, and how was how we derived our name--Singapura, the Lion City.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.2874° or 1° 17′ 15″ northLongitude
103.85089° or 103° 51′ 3″ eastOpen location code
6PH57VP2+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6354392233OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
“Sang Nila Utama” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “桑·尼拉·乌他玛”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Raffles’s Landing Site and The Arts House.
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