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This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions , which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas , and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones.
In Franklin and Jackson's 1830 map of Singapore, the Tuas area is marked with three different names Tg Kampong, Tg Rawa and Tg Gull. Tg is the abbreviation for tanjung or tanjong (Malay for cape). [3] Tuas used to be swampland which was later cleared for squatter settlement. By the mid twentieth century, it became a fishing village.
The largest region in terms of area is the West Region with 218.4 km 2 (84.3 sq mi), while the Central Region is the most populous with an estimated population of 922,980 inhabitants in the area in 2019. [3] Singapore is governed as a unitary state without provinces or states. While used by some governmental organizations, these regions are not ...
Name Malay Chinese Pinyin Tamil Region Area (km 2) Population [7] Density (/km 2) Ang Mo Kio: 宏茂桥 Hóngmàoqiáo ஆங் மோ கியோ North-East: 13.94 161,000 13,400 Bedok * 勿洛 Wùluò பிடோக் East: 21.69 278,270 13,000 Bishan: 碧山 Bìshān பீஷான் Central: 7.62 85,680 12,000 Boon Lay: 文礼 Wénlǐ
Singapore is governed as a unitary state without provinces or states. However, for the purposes of administration and urban planning, it has been subdivided in various ways throughout its history. As of 2022, Singapore has a total land area of about 753 km 2 (291 sq mi), not including its sea area.
As their name imply, these connectors aim to form a continuous loop which would hopefully connect all the major parks is a planning area and residential town located the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of ...
Bukit Panjang is a suburban town in western Singapore. Before redevelopment, Kampong Bukit Panjang used to exist in the area. Initially, instead of using the original place name, Bukit Panjang, there were plans to open up the new town using the name, Zhenghua, [6] derived from Jalan Cheng Hwa that used to ply the area.
After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]