Downtown Core
The Downtown Core is the historic urban centre of Singapore and the country's primary commercial district. It contains the main central business district, with a high concentration of skyscrapers in Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar and Marina Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Marina Bay and Merlion Park.
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.
Merlion Park
Park
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merlion Park is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District. The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and a fish's tail that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore.
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Theater building
Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is a performing arts centre located in the Downtown Core of Singapore near the mouth of the Singapore River. Named after the nearby Esplanade Park, it consists of two rounded structures: one housing a concert hall with about 1,600 seats; and the other a theatre with a capacity of about 2,000 for the performing arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifford Pier and Raffles Place.
Clifford Pier
Neighborhood
Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006.
Raffles Place
Neighborhood
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.
Downtown Core
- Type: Suburb
- Description: urban planning area of Singapore
- Categories: downtown, planning area of Singapore, and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.28679° or 1° 17′ 12″ northLongitude
103.8555° or 103° 51′ 20″ eastOpen location code
6PH57VP4+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 8804767090OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q3810086
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Downtown Core” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Downtown Core”
- Central Kurdish: “سینگاپوور”
- Chinese: “Chhī-tiong-sim”
- Chinese: “中心城區”
- Chinese: “市中心”
- Chinese: “新加坡中心區”
- Chinese: “新加坡中心城區”
- Chinese: “新加坡市中心”
- French: “Downtown Core”
- German: “Downtown Core (Planungsgebiet)”
- Hebrew: “דאונטאון קור”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン・コア”
- Malay: “Downtown Core”
- Malay: “Teras Pusat Bandar, Singapura”
- Mazanderani: “سنگاپور”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chhī-tiong-sim (Sin-ka-pho)”
- Minangkabau: “Downtown Core”
- Nauru: “Downtown Core”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Downtown Core”
- Norwegian: “Downtown Core”
- Persian: “شهر سنگاپور”
- Persian: “مرکز شهر سنگاپور”
- Slovenian: “Downtown Core”
- Spanish: “Downtown Core”
- Tamil: “நகர நடுவம்”
- Thai: “ดาวน์ทาวน์คอร์”
- Urdu: “مرکزی سنگاپور”
- Vietnamese: “Downtown Core”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jubilee Bridge and The Fullerton Waterboat House.
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