Passport card
Republic of Singapore
Singapore
- Capital
- Singapore
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Singapore dollar
- Languages
- English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil
- People
- About 60 lakh
- Size
- About 735 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
- Free since
- 9 August 1965
- About the capital
- A city-state: the country and its capital are the same.
- Time
- 2½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 pm in Singapore
⭐ Singapore's name comes from the Sanskrit Simhapura, Lion City.
Your Singapore stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Singapore
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Singapore
Turn the globe with your finger. Singapore has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Singapore and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale. Singapore is so small that it is marked with a ring.
- SizeIndia is about 4,500 times the size of Singapore.
- PeopleIndia has about 240 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 60 lakh in Singapore.
- DistanceSingapore is about 4,100 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeSingapore is 2½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 pm in Singapore.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Singapore, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Singapore
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Singapore's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Singapore back on the map
Singapore and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Singapore worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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