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Encyclopedia > Districts and places in Singapore

See also: List of Towns, Estates and Neighbourhoods in Singapore Introduction This is a list of neighbourhoods, areas, estates, and towns in Singapore: By Towns By Estates By Towns Ang Mo Kio New Town Bedok New Town Bishan New Town Bukit Batok New Town Bukit Merah Bukit Panjang New Town Choa Chu Kang New Town Clementi New Town Geylang Hougang...

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Urban Planning Areas

Singapore is divided into into 5 Regions by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore, and further organised into 55 areas. A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing for detailed planning guidelines for every individual plot of land throughout the country. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national planning authority of Singapore. ...


Since the implementation of these boundaries, other governmental ministries and departments has also increasingly adopted these boundaries for their administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 Census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using postal district boundaries for previous exercises.

Bishan is a small neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore situated in the Central-North, measuring approximately three by three kilometres. ... Bukit Merah is a suburb of Singapore. ... Bukit Timah, also known as District 11, is one of the premium locations within the island city-state of Singapore. ... Geylang is a neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore east of its central business district area. ... Kallang is a neighbourhood located in the southeastern part of Singapore. ... Marine Parade is a neighbourhood in Singapore to the east of the main city. ... In the Roman Catholic Church, a devotion consisting of prayer said on nine successive days, asking for some spiritual blessing. ... Categories: Substubs | Places in Singapore ... Toa Payoh is a regional unit in Singapore. ... Kallang is a neighbourhood located in the southeastern part of Singapore. ... The Central Area is the collective term for a group of financial and commercial districts in centre of Singapore which was previously otherwise known as the Central Business District and was renamed to accommodate the expanded function of the area. ... The Downtown Core is technically an urban planning area in the city-state of Singapore which surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River, and is part of the Central Area, Singapores central business district. ... Orchard Road is the primary shopping street in Singapore. ... Outram is a district within the Central Area, relatively near the prominent city centre and financial districts, but is nearer the border of the Central Area, and outside the Downtown Core. ... The Singapore River is a small river in terms of physical attributes, but of extreme historical importance to the country of Singapore, the political entity which shares its name. ... Bedok at Night Bedok Town is a neighbourhood in the eastern part of Singapore. ... Changi is an area to the northeast of Singapore. ... Paya Lebar is an area in the central-eastern part of Singapore. ... Pasir Ris is primarily a residential area in Singapore comprising many high rise residential dwelling blocks, mostly public housing built by the Housing and Development Board. ... Tampines is the largest residential area of the city-state of Singapore and is located in the East of the main island. ... Lim Chu Kang is an area located in northeastern Singapore at latitude 1. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Places in Singapore ... Woodlands, a town in the Northern Suburb of Singapore, is a constituency in the Sembawang GRC; part of the North West Community Development Council (CDC) district, at the northernmost point of Singapore. ... Yishun or Nee Soon, as it was originally named, is a neighbourhood in the northern part of the city-state of Singapore. ... Ang Mo Kio is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. ... Hougang New Town Categories: Stub ... Punggol is a neighborhood in northeastern Singapore. ... Seletar is an area in the Northeastern corner of Singapore. ... Sengkang New Town (盛港新镇) is one of the newest satellite housing estates in Singapore. ... About Serangoon is a New Town situated in the central parts of the city-state of Singapore. ... Bukit Batok is a neighbourhood in the city-state of Singapore. ... Bukit Panjang New Town Categories: Stub ... Boon Lay is a small housing estate in the western region of Singapore. ... Choa Chu Kang is a neighbourhood in northwestern Singapore. ... Clementi is a neighbourhood of Singapore, located in the west between Jurong and Dover. ... Jurong East is a town located next to Clementi Town which covers some 380 hectares of land in Western Singapore. ... In the 1950s, Jurong West was a swamp land with low hills covered by shrubs and a thick jungle. ... Tuas is a largely industrial zone located in the west of Singapore. ...

Electorial Districts

The electorial boundaries of Singapore are relatively fluid, and are reviewed prior to each general election. The following districts were in force since the 2001 General Elections:

  • Aljunied Group Representative Constituency
    • Aljunied-Hougang Division
    • Aljunied-Kembangan Division
    • Eunos Division
    • Kembangan-Punggol Division
    • Paya Lebar Division
  • Ang Mo Kio Group Representative Constituency
    • Cheng San Division
    • Jalan Kayu Division
    • Kebun Baru Division
    • Nee Soon South Division
    • Teck Ghee Division
    • Yio Chu Kang Division
  • Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency
  • Bishan - Toa Payoh Group Representative Constituency
    • Bishan East Division
    • Bishan-Toa Payoh North Division
    • Thomson Division
    • Toa Payoh Central Division
    • Toa Payoh East Division
  • Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency
  • Choa Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
  • East Coast Group Representative Constituency
  • Holland-Bukit Panjang Group Representative Constituency
  • Hong Kah Group Representative Constituency
  • Hougang Single Member Constituency
  • Jalan Besar Group Representative Constituency
  • Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency
  • Jurong Group Representative Constituency
    • Bukit Batok Division
    • Bukit Batok East Division
    • Jurong Central Division
    • Taman Jurong Division
    • Yuhua Division
  • MacPherson Single Member Constituency
  • Marine Parade Group Representative Constituency
  • Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency
  • Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency
  • Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representative Constituency
    • Pasir Ris East Division
    • Pasir Ris West Division
    • Punggol Central Division
    • Punggol North Division
    • Punggol South Division
  • Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency
  • Sembawang Group Representative Constituency
  • Tampines Group Representative Constituency
    • Changkat Division
    • Tampines Central Division
    • Tampines East Division
    • Tampines North Division
    • Tampines West Division
  • Tanjong Pagar Group Representative Constituency
  • West Coast Group Representative Constituency

Categories: Stub | Places in Singapore ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Paya Lebar is an area in the central-eastern part of Singapore. ... Ang Mo Kio is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. ... Jalan Kayu is a name of a street situated in northern Singapore. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: nonsense If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Bishan is a small neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore situated in the Central-North, measuring approximately three by three kilometres. ... Toa Payoh is a regional unit in Singapore. ... Bukit Timah, also known as District 11, is one of the premium locations within the island city-state of Singapore. ... Choa Chu Kang is a neighbourhood in northwestern Singapore. ... Bedok at Night Bedok Town is a neighbourhood in the eastern part of Singapore. ... Changi is an area to the northeast of Singapore. ... Simei is an estate in eastern Singapore. ... Fongshan City (鳳山市) is located in southern Kaohsiung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Siglap Town is a neighborhood in the eastern part of Singapore established in 1955, consisting primarily of low-rise residential properties. ... Bukit Panjang New Town Categories: Stub ... Perhaps Buona Vista is being mispelled ?? Not knowing where this is linked its hard to say but it may mean Buena Vista which is a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo. ... Bukit Gombak is a neighborhood in the west-central area of the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore. ... Nanyang (Simplified Chinese: 南阳; Traditional Chinese: 南陽; pinyin: Nányáng) is a city in the south of Henan, a province in China. ... Yew Tee is situated in the North Western Part of Singapore. ... Hougang New Town Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Kampong Glam is an area of the city-state Singapore in Southeast Asia. ... The Nationalist Party of China Army Officer Academy (中國國民黨陸軍軍官學校), commonly known as the Whampoa Military Academy (黃埔軍校, pinyin huáng pŭ jūn xiào), was a military academy in China that produced many prestigious commanders who fought in the Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. ... Jurong is a constituency and town of Singapore, located at the Western part of the Singapore mainland. ... Bukit Batok is a neighbourhood in the city-state of Singapore. ... James Macpherson (October 27, 1736–February 17, 1796), was a Scottish poet, known as the translator of the Ossianic poems. ... Marine Parade is a neighbourhood in Singapore to the east of the main city. ... Marine Parade is a neighbourhood in Singapore to the east of the main city. ... Mountbatten is the family name adopted by two branches of the Battenberg due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg assumed the surname Mountbatten (a literal translation of the German Battenberg) for himself and his descendants... About Serangoon is a New Town situated in the central parts of the city-state of Singapore. ... Pasir Ris is primarily a residential area in Singapore comprising many high rise residential dwelling blocks, mostly public housing built by the Housing and Development Board. ... Punggol is a neighborhood in northeastern Singapore. ... Potong Pasir is an area sandwiched between Toa Payoh and Senett Estate in the Central Region of Singapore. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Places in Singapore ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Places in Singapore ... Woodlands, a town in the Northern Suburb of Singapore, is a constituency in the Sembawang GRC; part of the North West Community Development Council (CDC) district, at the northernmost point of Singapore. ... Tampines is the largest residential area of the city-state of Singapore and is located in the East of the main island. ... Tanjong Pagar is located within the Central Business District in Singapore. ... Categories: Substubs | Places in Singapore ... Tanjong Pagar is located within the Central Business District in Singapore. ... Boon Lay is a small housing estate in the western region of Singapore. ... Clementi is a neighbourhood of Singapore, located in the west between Jurong and Dover. ... A pioneer is someone who is first at doing something, or someone who is among a group of such people. ... Telok Blangah is a district in Singapore immediately to the south-west of the Central Business District at the Southern End of the Island. ...

Community Development Council Districts

Community Development Councils are regional organisations with the main aim of organising community-based programmes, projects, and other activities which are aimed at promoting communal bonding. There are 5 CDCs at present, with their districts divided by electorial boundaries as follows:

  • Central Singapore Community Development Council
    • Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency
    • Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency
    • Jalan Besar Group Representative Constituency
    • Tanjong Pagar Group Representative Constituency
  • North East Community Development Council
    • Aljunied Group Representative Constituency
    • Hougang Single Member Constituency
    • Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representative Constituency
    • Tampines Group Representative Constituency
  • North West Community Development Council
    • Holland-Bukit Panjang Group Representative Constituency
    • Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency
    • Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency
    • Sembawang Group Representative Constituency
  • South East Community Development Council
    • East Coast Group Representative Constituency
    • Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency
    • MacPherson Single Member Constituency
    • Marine Parade Group Representative Constituency
    • Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency
  • South West Community Development Council
    • Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency
    • Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency
    • Choa Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
    • Hong Kah Group Representative Constituency
    • Jurong Group Representative Constituency
    • West Coast Group Representative Constituency

Postal Districts

Postal districts were numbered from 01 to 83 under the new system implemented in 1 September 1995. Census data and most forms of internal boundaries had been based on postal districts until the introduction of new planning boundaries in the 1990s. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Public Towns and Estates

The Housing and Development Board presently built her approximately 11,000 public housing blocks of flats into 21 New Towns, as well as consolidates the remaining relatively older flats into towns equivalent to a new town, such as Bukit Merah, Geylang, and the city area. HDB Logo The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is the government agency responsible for Singapores public housing programme. ... A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Bukit Merah is a suburb of Singapore. ... Geylang is a neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore east of its central business district area. ...


Towns

Ang Mo Kio is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. ... Bedok at Night Bedok Town is a neighbourhood in the eastern part of Singapore. ... Bishan is a small neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore situated in the Central-North, measuring approximately three by three kilometres. ... Bukit Batok is a neighbourhood in the city-state of Singapore. ... Bukit Merah is a suburb of Singapore. ... Bukit Panjang New Town Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Geylang is a neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore east of its central business district area. ... Hougang New Town Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Kallang is a neighbourhood located in the southeastern part of Singapore. ... The Nationalist Party of China Army Officer Academy (中國國民黨陸軍軍官學校), commonly known as the Whampoa Military Academy (黃埔軍校, pinyin huáng pŭ jūn xiào), was a military academy in China that produced many prestigious commanders who fought in the Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Substubs | Places in Singapore ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Substubs ... Sengkang New Town (盛港新镇) is one of the newest satellite housing estates in Singapore. ... Simei is an estate in eastern Singapore. ... Categories: Stub ... Toa Payoh is a regional unit in Singapore. ... ... Categories: Stub ...

Estates

A Village at the north-eastern end of Singapore. ... Built in the 1930s, Tiong Bahru Estate is one of the oldest housing estates in Singapore. ...

Private Condominiums and Estates

Condominiums

Estates

  • Braddell Heights Estate
  • Seletar Hills Estate
  • Sembawang Hills Estate
  • Sembawang Springs Estate
  • Serangoon Gardens Estate
  • Thomson Garden Estate
  • Woodgrove Estate

Industrial Parks and Estates

Industrial Parks

  • Admiralty Industrial Park
  • Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1
  • Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2
  • Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 3
  • Changi North Industrial Park
  • North Coast Industrial Park
  • Pasir Ris Coast Industrial Park
  • Woodlands Industrial Park D
  • Woodlands Industrial Park E
  • Yishun Industrial Park A

Industrial Estates

  • Defu Industrial Estate
  • Jurong Industrial Estate
  • Kaki Bukit Industrial Estate
  • Kranji Industrial Estate
  • Loyang Industrial Estate
  • Mandai Industrial Estate
  • Senoko Industrial Estate
  • Sungei Kadut Industrial Estate
  • Tagore Industrial Estate
  • Woodlands East Industrial Estate
  • Woodlands Central Industrial Estate
  • Yew Tee Industrial Estate

Specialised Business, Industrial and Technology Parks

Business Parks

  • Changi Business Park
  • International Business Park

Logistical Parks

  • Airport Logistics Park of Singapore
  • Alexandra Distripark
  • Keppel Distripark
  • Pasir Panjang Distripark
  • Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Science and Technology Parks

  • Lim Chu Kang Agri-Bio Park
  • Lim Chu Kang Agrotechnology Park
  • Loyang Agrotechnology Park
  • Mandai Agrotechnology Park
  • Murai Agrotechnology Park
  • Nee Soon Agrotechnology Park
  • Singapore Science Park
  • Singapore Science Park II
  • Singapore Science Park III
  • Sungei Tengah Agrotechnology Park

Wafer Fabrication Parks

  • Pasir Ris Wafer Fabrication Park
  • Tampines North Wafer Fabrication Park
  • Woodlands Wafer Fabrication Park
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Islands: Jurong Island | Kusu Island | Pulau Brani | Pulau Hantu | Pulau Semakau | Pulau Tekong | Pulau Ubin | Sentosa | Saint John's Island | Sisters' Islands

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