Travelling Club - Singapore

Fact Sheet: Singapore

• Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
• Geographic coordinates: 1 22 N, 103 48 E
• Area: total: 692.7 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
• Natural hazards: NA
• Population: 4,492,150 (July 2006 est.)
• Ethnic groups: Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000 census)
• 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 type: parliamentary republic
• Capital: name: Singapore
• Currency code: 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)
• Internet country code: .sg
• Airports: 9 (2006)