Singapore Map - Maps of Singapore
 Lying
almost on the equator, Singapore is a thriving city-state that has overcome
its dearth of natural resources to become one of the juggernaut economies
of Asia. In the crowded streets of Chinatown, fortune tellers, calligraphers
and temple worshippers are still a part of everyday life. In Little India,
you can buy the best sari material, freshly ground spices or a picture
of your favourite Hindu god. In the small shops of Arab Street, the cry
of the imam can be heard from the nearby Sultan Mosque.
Singapore may have traded in its rough-and-ready opium dens and pearl
luggers for towers of concrete and glass, and its steamy rickshaw image
for hi-tech wizardry, but you can still recapture the colonial era with
a gin sling under the languorous ceiling fans at Raffles Hotel. It is
this carefully stage-managed combination of Western modernity and treasured
Eastern and colonial past that makes Singapore such an accessible slice
of Asia.
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The Republic of Singapore is made up of the main island of Singapore and
60 other smaller islands.
With a total area of 253 square miles (655 square kilometers), the main
island resides a population of 3.87 million. Singapore measures a maximum
26 miles (42 kilometers) from East to West and 14 miles (23 kilometers)
from North to South.
Lying close to the southern part of Malaysia, the two countries are linked
by 2 causeways.
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