General Information about Singapore
Map of Singapore
Founded by Sir Stamford Raffles, the state of Singapore has been transformed from an island of mangrove swamps into one of the worlds major entrepreneurial centres. The island, connected to Peninsular Malaysia by a man-made causeway, has a hot, humid climate with 224 cm. of rain per year. With few natural resources, Sing apore depends on manufactureing precision goods and electronic products along with financial.
Population-2,600,000
Area-616 sq km.
Language-Malay, Chinese (Mandarin), Tamil, English
Religion-Daoist, Buddhist, Moslem, Christian, Hindu
