Singapore
Singapore is a city-state in Southeast Asia. Modern Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819, and since independence, it has become one of the world's most prosperous countries and boasts one of the world's busiest ports.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Singapore Changi Airport and Sentosa and Harbourfront.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: Riverside and Orchard.
Riverside
East Coast
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Little India
Places of Interest
Highlights: National Museum of Singapore and Merlion Park.
National Museum of Singapore
Museum
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bukit Merah and Kallang.
Kallang
Suburb
Singapore
- Type: City with 5,540,000 residents
- Description: sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia
- Also known as: “Ciudad de Singapur”, “Cộng hòa Singapore”, “Garden City”, “Ĝardenurbo”, “Leonurbo”, “Lion City”, “Repubblica di Singapore”, “Repubblika ta’ Singapore”, “Republic of Singapore”, “República de Cingapura”, “República de Singapur”, “República de Singapura”, “Republica di Singapore”, “Republiek Singapore”, “Republiken Singapore”, “Republikken Singapore”, “République de Singapour”, “Respubliko Singapuro”, “Ripublica di Singapore”, “S’pore”, “sg”, “SG”, “SGP”, “Sīhapura”, “SIN”, “Sing”, “Sing Ga Po”, “Sing-ga-po”, “Singapore City”, “Singapore dásseváldi”, “Singapore tääʹssväʹldd”, “Singapore täsiväldi”, “Singaporen tasavalta”, “Singapuri Vabariik”, “Singapurská republika”, “Sinh Ga Po”, “Sinh-ga-po”, “Szingapúri Köztársaság”, “Thành phố Tân Gia Ba”, “Азия в миниатюре”, “Европа на экваторе”, “Република Сингапур”, “Республика Сингапур”, “Республіка Сингапур”, “Республіка Сінгапур”, “Сингапур Республикасы”, “Сынґапур”, “სინგაპურ-სითი”, “ريڤوبليک سيڠاڤورا”, “سنگاپور شهر”, “سنگپور”, “سنگھپور”, “سينگا پور”, “सिंहपुर”, “सिंहपुर देश”, “सिंहपुरदेश”, “சிங்கை”, “ஸிங்கபூர்”, “ទីក្រុងសិង្ហបុរី”, “ប្រទេសសិង្ហបុរី”, “សាំងហ្គាពួរ”, “សាធារណរដ្ឋសិង្ហបុរី”, “シンガポール共和国”, “叻埠”, “新加坡共和國”, “新嘉坡”, “新国”, “新架坡”, “星”, “星嘉坡”, “星国”, “星洲”, “星港”, “昭南”, “狮城”, and “石叻”
- Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English, Malay, Tamil, and Chinese
- Neighbors: Indonesia, Johor, and Malaysia
- Categories: sovereign state, city-state, island country, port city, big city, border city, country, global city, national capital, and locality
- Location: Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.2899° or 1° 17′ 24″ north
Longitude
103.8519° or 103° 51′ 7″ east
Population
5,540,000
Area
692 km² (267 miles²)
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Capital
Singapore
Currency
Dollar (SGD)
Phone code
65
Internet domain
.sg
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Singapore” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Сингапур”
- Achinese: “Singapura”
- Adyghe: “Сингапур”
- Afrikaans: “Singapoer”
- Akan: “Singapɔ”
- Albanian: “Singapor”
- Albanian: “Singapori”
- Amharic: “ሲንጋፖር”
- Amis: “Singapore”
- Angika: “सिंगापुर”
- Arabic: “سنغافورة”
- Aragonese: “Singapur”
- Armenian: “Սինգապուր”
- Armenian: “Սինգապուրի Հանրապետություն”
- Arpitan: “Singapor”
- Arpitan: “Singapour”
- Assamese: “ছিংগাপুৰ”
- Asturian: “Singapur”
- Atayal: “Singapore”
- Avaric: “Сингапур”
- Awadhi: “सिंगापुर”
- Azerbaijani: “Sinqapur”
- Balinese: “Singapura”
- Bambara: “Sɛngapuri”
- Banjar: “Singapura”
- Bashkir: “Сингапур”
- Basque: “Singapur”
- Batak Mandailing: “Singapura”
- Batak Toba: “Singapura”
- Bavarian: “Singapur”
- Belarusian: “Сінгапур”
- Belarusian: “Сынгапур”
- Bengali: “সিঙ্গাপুর”
- Betawi: “Singapur”
- Bhojpuri: “सिंगापुर”
- Bishnupriya: “সিঙ্গাপুর”
- Bishnupriya: “সিঙ্গারপুর”
- Bislama: “Singapo”
- Bislama: “Singapore”
- Bosnian: “Singapur”
- Brahui: “Singápúr”
- Breton: “Singapour”
- Breton: “Singapoura”
- Buginese: “Singapura”
- Buginese: “ᨔᨗᨂᨄᨘᨑ”
- Bulgarian: “Сингапур”
- Burmese: “စင်ကာပူနိုင်ငံ”
- Burmese: “စင်္ကာပူ”
- Catalan: “Singapur”
- Cebuano: “Singgapura”
- Central Bikol: “Singapore”
- Central Bikol: “Singapur”
- Central Kanuri: “Singapore”
- Central Kurdish: “سینگاپوور”
- Chavacano: “Singapur”
- Chechen: “Сингапур”
- Chinese: “Xīnjiāpō”
- Chinese: “新加坡”
- Chinese: “新加坡共和国”
- Church Slavic: “Сингапоуръ”
- Chuvash: “Сингапур”
- Cornish: “Singapor”
- Cornish: “Singapour”
- Corsican: “Singapore”
- Crimean Tatar: “Singapur”
- Croatian: “Republika Singapur”
- Croatian: “Singapur”
- Czech: “Singapur”
- Dagbani: “Singapore”
- Danish: “Singapore”
- Dhivehi: “ސިންގަޕޫރު”
- Dimli (individual language): “Singapur”
- Dotyali: “सिंगापुर”
- Dutch: “Singapore”
- Dzongkha: “སིང་ག་པོར”
- Dzongkha: “སིངྒ་པུར།”
- Eastern Mari: “Сингапур”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سينجابوره”
- Erzya: “Сингапур”
- Esperanto: “Singapuro”
- Estonian: “Singapur”
- Ewe: “Singapore”
- Ewe: “Singapɔr nutome”
- Extremaduran: “Singapul”
- Faroese: “Singapor”
- Fiji Hindi: “Singapore”
- Finnish: “Singapore”
- French: “Singapour”
- Friulian: “Singapôr”
- Fulah: “Sinngapuur”
- Ga: “Singapore”
- Gagauz: “Singapur”
- Galician: “Singapur”
- Gan Chinese: “新加坡”
- Ganda: “Singapowa”
- Georgian: “სინგაპური”
- German: “Republik Singapur”
- German: “Singapur”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Singapore”
- Gilaki: “سينگاپۊر”
- Goan Konkani: “Singapore”
- Goan Konkani: “सिंगापुर”
- Goan Konkani: “सिंगापूर”
- Gorontalo: “Singapura”
- Greek: “Σιγκαπούρη”
- Guarani: “Singapur”
- Guarani: “Singapúra”
- Guianese Creole French: “Singapour”
- Gujarati: “સિંગાપુર”
- Haitian: “Sengapou”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sîn-kâ-po”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sîn-kâ-pô”
- Hausa: “Singafora”
- Hausa: “Singapore”
- Hausa: “Singapur”
- Hawaiian: “Sinapoa”
- Hebrew: “סינגפור”
- Hindi: “सिंगापुर”
- Hungarian: “Szingapúr”
- Iban: “Singapura”
- Icelandic: “Singapúr”
- Ido: “Singapur”
- Igbo: “Singapore”
- Iloko: “Singapore”
- Iloko: “Singapur”
- Inari Sami: “Singapore”
- Indonesian: “Singapura”
- Ingush: “Сингапур”
- Interlingua: “Singapur”
- Interlingue: “Singapor”
- Inuktitut: “ᓯᙵᐳᐊ”
- Inupiaq: “Singapore”
- Inupiaq: “Siŋapura”
- Irish: “Singeapór”
- Italian: “Singapore”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Singgapuor”
- Japanese: “シンガポール”
- Javanese: “Singapura”
- Kabiyè: “Sɛŋgapuuri ɛjaɖɛ”
- Kabiyè: “Sɛŋgapuuri”
- Kabyle: “Singapur”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Singapura”
- Kalaallisut: “Singapore”
- Kalmyk: “Сингапурмудин Орн”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಂಗಪುರ್”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Singapur”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Сингапур”
- Kashmiri: “سِنگاپوٗر”
- Kashmiri: “سِنٛگاپور”
- Kashubian: “Singapùr”
- Kashubian: “Syngapùr”
- Kazakh: “Сингапур”
- Khmer: “សិង្ហបុរី”
- Kikuyu: “Singapoo”
- Kikuyu: “Singapore”
- Kinyarwanda: “Singapore”
- Kirghiz: “Сингапур, мамлекет”
- Kirghiz: “Сингапур”
- Komering: “Singapur”
- Komi: “Сингапур”
- Kongo: “Singapore”
- Korean: “싱가포르”
- Korean: “싱가폴”
- Kurdish: “Singapûr”
- Kurdish: “سینگاپور”
- Ladin: “Singapur”
- Ladino: “Singapur”
- Lao: “ສິງກະໂປ”
- Lao: “ປະເທດສິງກະໂປ”
- Latin: “Singapura”
- Latvian: “Singapūra”
- Lezghian: “Сингапур”
- Ligurian: “Scingapô”
- Limburgan: “Singapore”
- Lingala: “Singapur”
- Lingala: “Singapurɛ”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Singapor”
- Literary Chinese: “新加坡”
- Lithuanian: “Singapūras”
- Livvi: “Singapore”
- Lojban: “singapura”
- Lombard: “Singapur”
- Low German: “Singapur”
- Lower Sorbian: “Singapur”
- Luba-Katanga: “Singapure”
- Luxembourgish: “Singapur”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Singapore”
- Macedonian: “Сингапур”
- Madurese: “Singapura”
- Magahi: “सिङ्गापुर”
- Maithili: “सिंगापुर”
- Maithili: “सिङ्गापुर”
- Malagasy: “Singapaoro”
- Malagasy: “Singaporo”
- Malagasy: “Singapour”
- Malay: “Republik Singapura”
- Malay: “Singapura”
- Malay: “سيڠاڤورا”
- Malayalam: “സിംഗപ്പൂര്”
- Malayalam: “സിംഗപ്പൂർ”
- Maltese: “Singapore”
- Mandarin Chinese: “新加坡共和国”
- Manipuri: “ꯁꯤꯡꯒꯥꯄꯣꯔ”
- Manx: “Singapore”
- Maori: “Hingapoa”
- Marathi: “सिंगापुर”
- Marathi: “सिंगापूर”
- Mazanderani: “سنگاپور”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sin-ka-pho”
- Minangkabau: “Singapua”
- Minangkabau: “Singapura”
- Mingrelian: “სინგაპური”
- Mirandese: “Singapura”
- Moksha: “Сингапур”
- Mongolian: “Сингапур”
- Moroccan Arabic: “سنغافورة”
- Moroccan Arabic: “صنغافورة”
- Nauru: “Tsingapoar”
- Navajo: “Táłkááʼ Yadaazʼáhí”
- Neapolitan: “Singapore”
- Nepali: “सिंगापुर”
- Nepali: “सिङ्गापुर”
- Newari: “सिंगापोर”
- Nias: “Singapura”
- North Ndebele: “Singapore”
- Northern Frisian: “Singapuur”
- Northern Luri: “سنگاپور”
- Northern Sami: “Singapore”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Singapore”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Singapore”
- Norwegian: “Singapore”
- Novial: “Singapore”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Singapor”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Singapore”
- Oriya: “ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର”
- Oriya: “ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର୍”
- Oromo: “Singaappoor”
- Ossetian: “Сингапур”
- Pa'o Karen: “သေင်ကာပူခမ်းထီ”
- Paiwan: “Singapura”
- Pali: “𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭”
- Pampanga: “Síhapura”
- Pampanga: “Singapore”
- Pampanga: “Singgapur”
- Panjabi: “ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ”
- Panjabi: “ਸਿੰਘਾਪੁਰ”
- Papiamento: “Singapur”
- Persian: “سنگاپور”
- Picard: “Singapour”
- Piemontese: “Singapor”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Singapur”
- Polish: “Singapur”
- Portuguese: “Cingapura”
- Portuguese: “Singapura”
- Pushto: “سنګاپور”
- Pushto: “سينگاپور”
- Quechua: “Singapur”
- Quechua: “Sinkapur”
- Romanian: “Singapore”
- Romansh: “Singapur”
- Rundi: “Singapuru”
- Russia Buriat: “Сингапур”
- Russian: “Сингапур”
- Rusyn: “Сінґапур”
- Sakizaya: “Singapore”
- Samoan: “Sigapoa”
- Samogitian: “Singapūrs”
- Sango: “Sïngäpûru”
- Sanskrit: “सिंहपुरम्”
- Santali: “ᱥᱤᱝᱜᱟᱯᱩᱨ”
- Sardinian: “Singapore”
- Scots: “Singapore”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Singapore”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Singeapòr”
- Serbian: “Сингапур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Singapore”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Singapur”
- Shan: “မိူင်းသိင်ႇၵႃႇပူဝ်ႇ”
- Shona: “Singapore”
- Sicilian: “Singapura”
- Silesian: “Singapur”
- Sindhi: “سنگاپور”
- Sindhi: “سينگاپور”
- Sinhala: “සිංගප්පූරුව”
- Skolt Sami: “Singapore”
- Slovak: “Singapur”
- Slovenian: “Singapur”
- Somali: “Singaboor”
- Somali: “Singabuur”
- South Azerbaijani: “سنقاپور”
- Spanish: “Singapur”
- Sundanese: “Singapura”
- Swahili: “Singapore”
- Swahili: “Singapuri”
- Swati: “ISingapholo”
- Swedish: “Singapore”
- Swiss German: “Singapur”
- Swiss German: “Singapùùr”
- Sylheti: “ꠍꠤꠋꠉꠣꠙꠥꠞ”
- Tachelhit: “Snɣafura”
- Tagalog: “Singapore”
- Tagalog: “Singapura”
- Tajik: “Сингапур”
- Talysh: “Singapur”
- Tamil: “சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு”
- Tamil: “சிங்கப்பூர்”
- Taroko: “Singapore”
- Tatar: “Сингапур”
- Telugu: “సింగపూరు”
- Telugu: “సింగపూర్”
- Tetum: “Singapura”
- Thai: “ประเทศสิงคโปร์”
- Thai: “สิงคโปร์”
- Tibetan: “སིངྒ་པུར།”
- Tibetan: “སེང་ག་ཕོར།”
- Tigrinya: “ሲንጋፖር”
- Tok Pisin: “Singapore”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Singapoa”
- Tsonga: “Singapore”
- Tulu: “ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ”
- Tumbuka: “Singapore”
- Tunisian Arabic: “سنغافورة”
- Turkish: “Singapur”
- Turkmen: “Singapur”
- Twi: “Singapore”
- Udmurt: “Сингапур”
- Uighur: “سىنگاپور”
- Ukrainian: “Сингапур”
- Ukrainian: “Сінгапур”
- Ukrainian: “Сінґапур”
- Upper Sorbian: “Singapur”
- Urdu: “سنگاپور”
- Uzbek: “Singapur”
- Venetian: “Singapor”
- Veps: “Singapur”
- Vietnamese: “Singapore”
- Vietnamese: “Tân Gia Ba”
- Vietnamese: “Xin-ga-po”
- Vlaams: “Singapore”
- Vlax Romani: “Singapore”
- Volapük: “Singapurän”
- Võro: “Singapur”
- Waray (Philippines): “Singgapura”
- Welsh: “Singapôr”
- Welsh: “Singapore”
- West Coast Bajau: “Singapura”
- Western Armenian: “Սինկափուր”
- Western Frisian: “Singapoer”
- Western Frisian: “Singapore”
- Western Panjabi: “سنگاپور”
- Wolof: “Singapoor”
- Wolof: “Singapuur”
- Wu Chinese: “新加坡”
- Yakut: “Сингапур”
- Yiddish: “סינגאפור”
- Yiddish: “סינגאַפּור”
- Yoruba: “Singapo”
- Yoruba: “Singapore”
- Yue Chinese: “星加坡”
- Yue Chinese: “星架坡”
- Zeeuws: “Singapoor”
- Zhuang: “Saengyabo”
- Zhuang: “Sinhgyahboh”
- Zulu: “i-Singapore”
- “ma Sinkapo”
- “ma Sinkapula”
- “Singapur”
- “सिंगापुर”
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