Singapore

Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The country is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as Temasek; subsequently, it was a major constituent of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under direct British control as part of the Straits Settlements.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Capital:  Singapore, (City-State)
• Demonym:  Singaporean
• Currency:  Singapore Dollar (S$)
• Legislature:  Parliament
• Wikidata description:  Sovereign Island Country And City-State In Maritime Southeast Asia
• Wikidata label:  Singapore
• Wikidata aliases:  Singapore, Republic Of Singapore, Sg, Singapore City, Lion City, Garden City, S'pore

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