Where is Singapore?
About Singapore
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Singapore is a very small island country between Malaysia and Indonesia. It consists of one main island and over 60 smaller ones. There has been much land reclamation in recent
years and the size of the country has increased by 23% since independence in 1965.
Singapore has a border on the South China Sea.
The land is low-lying.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Singapore, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 1 220N
Longitude - 103 48E
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The Singapore flag is 2 equal horizontal stripes
of red, at the top, and white underneath. There is a vertical white crescent on the flag pole side of the red band. Five white five-pointed stars are within the crescent.
Red is for brotherhood and equality, white for purity and virtue while the crescent moon signifies a young nation. The five stars represent Singapore's ideals of democracy,
peace, progress, justice and equality.
We have already written our own history of England but are asking schools in Singapore to provide us with a detailed history of
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The total land area of Singapore is 687 sq kms which is the 49th largest in Asia.
Singapore has lakes, rivers and canals which total 10 sq kms.
Singapore has no boundaries with other countries
Singapore has a coastline of 193 kms which is the 32nd longest in Asia.
The highest point in Singapore is Bukit Timah at 166 metres.
The total population of Singapore is 5.78 million people, making it the 35th largest country in Asia by population.
Of this number 2.95 million are females and 2.83 million are males.
A person from Singapore is called a Singaporean.
To be a citizen of Singapore, one of your parents must be a citizen of Singapore. It is not sufficient to be born in Singapore. You have to live in Singapore for
10 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest city in Singapore, by population is:-
The birth rate in Singapore is 8.4 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Singapore is 3.5 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 2.2 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 2.6 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 34.7 and for males is 34.5. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 30.5.
The elderly dependency ratio is 16.0. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 6.2. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Singapore spends 4.9% of its total income on health care.
There are 1.95 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 2.0 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
6.1% of the population are estimated as obese.
100% of Singaporeans have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
Singapore spends 2.9% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Singapore. Primary education is for six years until age 12 and lower secondary education is till age 14 with
higher secondary education until 16. We do not yet know how muvch education is compulsory.
Generally the school year consists of 4 terms and starts at the beginning of January and finishes in the middle of November. There is usually a 4 week
break between terms 2 and 3 in June and a one week break between terms 1 and 2 in March and terms 3 and 4 in September.
95.4% of females and 98.7% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
9.1% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 12.5% are unemployed while with males 6.2% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Singapore is 3.67 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 9 paved airports in Singapore, which is the 40th highest number in Asia.
There are no kilometres of railways in Singapore.
There are 3,496 kilometres of roads in Singapore, which means Singapore is in 42nd place for the most kilometres of roads in Asia.