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 …

6 days ago · Singapore, city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 85 miles (137 km) north of the Equator. It consists of Singapore Island and some 60 small islets.

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Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡; Malay: Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர்) is a city-state in Southeast Asia. Modern Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819, and since …

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is known as the Lion City (Singapura) and consists of the main island and about 64 smaller offshore islands, including Sentosa (the largest of the …

Singapore is a sunny, tropical island in Southeast Asia, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. The city-state is 710 square kilometres and inhabited by five million people from …

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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign country as well as a city-state. It is nicknamed as 'The Lion City', 'The Garden City' or 'The Little Red Dot'.

Yet, beyond the obvious Instagram outposts, Singapore holds a strong connection to its past, honoring its history by drawing from the eclectic cultures that combined to create it.