Back جغرافيا سنغافورة Arabic Xeografía de Singapur AST Sinqapur coğrafiyası Azerbaijani Heograpiya kan Singapur BCL Геаграфія Сінгапура Byelorussian সিঙ্গাপুরের ভূগোল Bengali/Bangla Geografia de Singapur Catalan جوگرافیای سینگاپوور CKB Γεωγραφία της Σιγκαπούρης Greek Geografía de Singapur Spanish
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| Continent | Asia |
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| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Coordinates | 1°17′N 103°50′E / 1.283°N 103.833°E |
| Area | Ranked 175th |
| • Total | 750 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| • Land | 98.57% |
| • Water | 1.43% |
| Coastline | 193 km (120 mi) |
| Borders | Land border crossings namely Woodlands Checkpoint and Tuas Checkpoint, various coastal and air checkpoints linking Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as international destinations. |
| Highest point | Bukit Timah Hill 164 m (538 ft) |
| Lowest point | Indian Ocean, South China Sea 0 m (0 ft) |
| Longest river | Kallang River 10 km (6 mi) |
| Largest lake | None |
| Exclusive economic zone | 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) |
Singapore is a city-state and island country in maritime Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. It is heavily compact and urbanised. As of 2023, Singapore has a total land area of approximately 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi).[1] Singapore is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.
Geographically, Singapore comprises its mainland and other islands. The mainland of Singapore measures 50 kilometres (31 mi) from east to west and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from north to south with 193 kilometres (120 mi) of coastline. These figures are based on 2.515 metres (8 ft 3.0 in) High Water Mark cadastral survey boundaries.[2] It has an exclusive economic zone of 1,067 km2 (412 sq mi).
- ^ "Environment - Latest Data". Singapore Department of Statistics. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Yearbook of Statistics Singapore 2017". Department of Statistics Singapore. Retrieved 30 June 2018.