Location:
This is the smallest country from Asia with the size of a city and has Malaysia in north as the only neighbor and in south is the strait with the same name.
Area/Surface:
700 km²
Population:
5.320.000 people
Capital:
Singapore 5.320.000 people
Currency:
Singaporese dollar
Languages spoken:
Malay, Chinese, English, Tamil
Religion:
Islamism, Buddhism, Taoism
Government form:
Republic, Partial democracy
Time zone:
+8 hours Greenwich time
Cars:
SG
Calling code:
+65
Singapore
Economy, relief, climate, population and tourism in Singapore:
Singapore is a country-city with one of the highest standard of living from whole Asia due to the high developed economy and to the modernization of the country. It is situated in the southern part of Malacca Peninsula and it’s practically an island connected with Malaysia through bridges. The relief has a low elevation and the climate is equatorial because is situated only 150 km north away of the equator. The annual media of the temperature is between 26 and 28º C and the rainfall is between 2.300 and 2.500 mm every year. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) The majority of the population is composed by Chinese, but there are major groups of Malaysians, Indians and Europeans. The largest part of the earnings comes from tourism (it’s one of the most visited countries in Asia with more than 10 million tourists annually), financial and business services, but also from the production of electrics and electronics. The country obtained the independence from Great Britain at 09 August 1965. Visit Singapore!
Singaporese skyscrapers by night time