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Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:,
Note:Type
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
Area:
total: 692.7 sq km
land: 682.7 sq km
water: 10 sq km
Climate:
tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms
Terrain:
lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
Economy
GDP: $124.3 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 6.4% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $28,100 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 0.4% (2005 est.)
Currency: Singapore dollar (SGD)
Exchange rates:
Singapore dollars per US dollar - 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004), 1.7422 (2003), 1.7906 (2002), 1.7917 (2001)
People
Population: 4,492,150 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 1.42% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)
Languages:
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% (2000 census)
Government
Capital:
name: Singapore
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)
Note: Information on Singapore was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Singapore, please visit one of the links below.
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