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Republic of Singapore 大日本帝国 Republik Singapura சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
Flag Coat of arms of Singapore Coat of arms
Motto: Majulah Singapura (English: "Onward, Singapore")
Anthem: "Majulah Singapura"
Capitaland largest city	Singapore
Official languages	Malay (National), English, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil
Government	Parliamentary republic
Independence
• Water (%)	1.444
Population
• 2005 estimate	4,425,720 (118th)
• 2000 census	4,017,700
GDP (PPP)	2005 estimate
• Total	$124 billion (55th)
• Per capita	$28,228 (22nd)
HDI (2003)	0.907 very high (25th)
Currency	Singapore Dollar (SGD)
Time zone	UTC+8 (SST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Calling code	65
ISO 3166 code	SG
Internet TLD	.sg
1. Singapore is a city-state. 2. 02 when dialling from Malaysia

The Republic of Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡共和国, Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó, Malay: Republik Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு, Ciŋakappūr Kudiyarasu), is an island city-state in Southeast Asia, situated on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands. Its coordinates are 1°17.583′N 103°51.333′E / 1.293050°N 103.855550°E / 1.293050; 103.855550, just 137 km north of the Equator. The name Singapore was derived from the Malay word singa (lion), which itself is derived from the Sanskrit word सिंह siMha of the same meaning, and the Sanskrit word पुर pura (city) .

Singapore developed from a small Malay fishing village to become a multicultural, major global city, while attracting controversy for some of its current government policies. Throughout history, it has been possessed by multiple countries and empires and changed hands many times, including being in the possession of Melaka and the Sultanate of Johore in ancient history, the British Empire in the colonial era, Japanese Empire in World War II and Malaysia after merger. It finally achieved independence in 1965. After independence, government-led rapid industrialisation and open policies inviting foreign investments stimulated rapid economic growth and the country is now regarded as a developed nation.

Presently, Singapore can be politically analysed as a democratic socialist country, although de facto it has a dominant-party system. The nation regards itself as multiracial, and the majority of the population are ethnic Chinese, with Malays, ethnic Indians and Eurasians being a significant minority. Singapore has little natural resources, so its economy relies on exports of electronics and manufacturing from her port. More than 90% of Singapore's population lives in housing estates constructed by the Housing Development Board and nearly half utilises the public transport system daily. As a result of public transport and environmental initiatives by government ministries, Singapore's lack of pollution is a distinguishing characteristic from many other cities, and isolated to heavy industry located offshore in Jurong Island.

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