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There are only three city - states in the world - Singapore, the Vatican City and Monaco.


The name Singapore is derived from the Malay words for "lion" and "city". A Malayan Prince coined the name in the 13th century. He most likely mistook a lion for a Malayan Tiger.


Singlish is an English based Creole language spoken in Singapore. It includes words from English, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Tamil, Teochew, Punjabi and more. It is not one of the official languages but it does show Singapore's multiculturalism.



 Sky scrapers in Singapore? Yes, but they cannot be taller than 280 meters! The island is so small no taller structure is far enough away from Changi Airport, limiting the height of all structures.


The total land area of Singapore is 718.3 sq km (275.8 sq mi). This is comprised of the mainland which measures 50 km (31 mi) east to west and 27 km (17 mi) north to south and 63 offshore islands. The most well known island is Sentosa. The coastline measures 193 km ( 120 mi).


The longest stretch of road is the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE), at 42.8 km.


Singaporeans are the fastest walkers on earth. On average we walk about 6.15 km and hour.

 The largest fountain in the world, the Fountain of Wealth, is located at Suntec City.


Although Singapore is mostly urbanized there are more than 300 parks and 4 nature reserves. Many trees have been planted and flowering plants are abundant therefore Singapore is often called the "Garden City".


The climate is classified as a tropical rain forest climate with no distinct seasons. The lowest temperature ever recorded is 19.4 degrees Celsius, in 1934.




與馬來西亞柔佛州有兩個聯繫。北部的堤道用於公路和鐵路交通,西部的路橋。這些聯繫是與馬來西亞的重要經濟聯繫。新加坡被新加坡海峽與印度尼西亞分隔開來,柔佛海峽與馬來西亞與馬來西亞分隔開來。


新加坡有四種官方語言,英語,普通話,馬來語和泰米爾語。馬來語是母語。英語是主要的工作語言,在學校和商業中都使用英語。這確實是一個多元文化和多種族的社會。人口的大多數是中國人(75.9%)。餘額由馬來人(12.1%),印度人(9.1%),歐亞人等組成。</ s> </ s> </ s>

新加坡的宗教與人口不同:佛教(33.0%),基督教(18.3%),伊斯蘭教(14.7%),道教(10.9%),印度教(5.1%),其他宗教(0.7%),非宗教( 17.0%)。


所有新加坡男性公民都必須服兵役。


新加坡使用公制,即使預先包裝的雞蛋也以10包而不是12包的價格出售。


靠左是路的規則。



新加坡的第一次土地開墾是在1822年完成的。如今,新加坡的土地面積為135平方公里,比開墾之前的面積大23%。


新加坡的人口大約為5,535,000。


在新加坡不允許買賣口香糖,在街上吐口香糖的罰款為700美元。


新加坡有107個市場和小販中心。


截至2013年,新加坡約80%的人口居住在公共住房中,公共住房由住房和發展委員會管理,也稱為HBD住房。

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