Singapore is located in Southeastern
Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia.
Lowest Point: Singapore Strait
0 m
Highest Point: Bukit Timah
166 m
Capital: Singapore
Religion: Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim
14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other
0.7%, none 14.8%
Languages Spoken: Mandarin
35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%,
Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese
dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%
See also: Languages
spoken in Asia, Languages of the
world
Introduction - Brief History
Singapore was founded as a British
trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but
separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became
one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international
trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage
handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of
Western Europe. |
Singapore
