Balestier
Balestier is a sub zone located in the planning area of Novena in the Central Region of Singapore. The main road, Balestier Road, links Thomson Road to Serangoon Road and the road continues on as Lavender Street.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: subzone of Novena planning area in Singapore
- Also known as: “St. Michael’s, Singapore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and Leng Ern Jee.
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Museum
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, also known as Wan Qing Yuan, and formerly as the Sun Yat Sen Villa, is a two-story colonial style villa in Balestier, Singapore.
Leng Ern Jee
Place of worship
Leng Ern Jee is a Dejiao temple located along Jalan Rajah in Balestier, Singapore.
Burmese Buddhist Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Aldwinteo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Burmese Buddhist Temple is the oldest Theravada institution and the only Burmese Buddhist temple of its kind in Singapore. Founded in 1875, the temple moved from its original Kinta Road premises to Tai Gin Road off Ah Hood Road in Novena in 1988.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balestier and Whampoa.
Balestier
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balestier, Newton, Novena and Toa Payoh are neighbourhoods in central Singapore. Strung along the North-South Line just north of Orchard Road, these four rather dissimilar districts serve to absorb Singapore's urban sprawl and house its inhabitants.
Whampoa
Suburb
Whampoa is a housing estate located in the subzone of Balestier, which is a part of Novena planning area in Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
Toa Payoh
Suburb
Photo: Terence Ong, CC BY 2.5.
Toa Payoh is a planning area and residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore. Toa Payoh planning area borders Bishan and Serangoon to the north, the Central Water Catchment to the northwest, Kallang to the south, Geylang to the southeast, Novena to the west and Hougang to the east.
Balestier
- Categories: tourist attraction, town, administrative territorial entity of Singapore, and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.32623° or 1° 19′ 34″ northLongitude
103.84732° or 103° 50′ 50″ eastOpen location code
6PH58RGW+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2511043965OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q4850725
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Malay—“Balestier” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Balestier”
- Chinese: “馬里士他路”
- Chinese: “马里士他”
- Dutch: “Balestier Road”
- Malay: “Balestier”
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