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Republic of Singapore is an island city-state and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located south of the Malay Peninsula and the Malaysian state Johor, 137 km north of the equator. Singapore consists of 63 islands, including mainland Singapore's. There are two man-made connections to Johor, Malaysia - Johor-Singapore Causeway in the north and west in the Tuas Second Link. Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Sentosa are the largest of several small islands in Singapore. The highest natural point in Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill at 166 m.
South of Singapore, around the mouth of the Singapore River and what is now the Downtown Core, used to be the only urban area with high concentration of inhabitants, while the remaining land was either south-tropical vegetation was being used for agriculture. Since the 1960s, the government built new residential city neighborhood, within the urban landscape becomes fully built. Urban Development Authority was established on 1 April 1974, is responsible for urban planning.
Singapore Botanical Gardens, a botanical garden which includes 67.3 ha of Singapore Orchids National Zoo, which contains a collection of over 3,000 species of orhidee.Singapore is ongoing land reclamation projects with earth obtained from its hills , from the seabed, and neighboring countries. As a result, Singapore has grown from an area of 581.5 km ² in the 1960s to 704 square kilometers at present, and may grow by another 100 km ² by 2030. Sometimes, land reclamation projects involving the unification of the smaller islands in order to form larger or more functional islands, such as for Jurong Island.
Under the Koppen climate classification system, Singapore has a tropical climate of South without distinct seasons. The climate was characterized by pressure and uniform temperature, high humidity and rainfall. The temperature varies between 22 ° C and 34 ° C. The average relative humidity is about 90 percent and 60 percent in morning to afternoon. During prolonged heavy rain, the relative humidity often reaches 100 percent. The lowest and highest temperature recorded in its maritime history are 18.4 ° C and 37.8 ° C, respectively. The highest wind speed recorded was 150 km / h on 26 May 2007. June and July are the hottest months, while November and December make up the monsoon season. From August to October, there is often haze, sometimes sufficiently strong enough to cause public health warnings, due to instant fire that may occur in neighboring countries such as Indonesia.
Singapore does not comply with daylight saving summer time zone and does not change. Day length is almost constant throughout the year due to country location close to the equator.
Approximately 23 percent of Singapore's area is forest and nature reserves. Urbanization has eliminated several areas of vegetation on the southern main island, the only remaining green area in this area is Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. A lot of parks are maintained by human intervention, such as botanical gardens in Singapore.
Changi Airport is impressive technology, efficiency and cleanliness of the city, hiding behind the facades sinister measures for achieving these qualities. Those who violate the law risk severe penalties, fines and community service work place, especially for transit through locurinepermise and throw away the garbage, and for more serious offenses such as traffic groguri, to practice the death penalty.
Singapore All Locations | Republic of Singapore is an island city-state and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located south of the Malay Peninsula and the Malaysian state Johor, 137 km north of the equator. Singapore consists of 63 islands, including mainland Singapore's
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