Curiosities about Singapore

MAIN DATA:Area: 660 km ²
 Capital: Singapore City 
Population: 4.8 million (2010 estimate) 
Official Name: Republic of Singapore 
Nationality: Cingapuriana
 Government: Parliamentary Republic Administrative divisions: 5 regions Coat of arms of Singapore


GEOGRAPHY: 
Location: Southern Peninsular Malaysia Major Cities: 
City of Singapore Climate: Equatorial 


CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DATA: 
Composition of the Population: 
Chinese (76%), 
Malays (15%), 
Indians (6%), 
Other(3%).


Language: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, English 


Religion:
 Chinese folk beliefs (40%),
 Islam (18.5%), 
Buddhism (14.2%), 
Christianity (15.4%),
 Hinduism (5%),
 no religion and atheism (4.7%) , 
other (2.4%). 


GDP per Capita: U.S. $ 62,100 (2010 estimate) Labor force: 3 million (2010) Currency: U.S. dollar Singaporeans


IMPORTANCE: 
Singapore has a highly developed economy based on market, which historically revolved around the trading post, in other words, a huge export economy dependent on exporting goods to other countries. Together with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one of the four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on the export and refining of imported products, especially in manufacturing. The industry constituted 26% of GDP in Singapore in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well diversified, with the electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, mechanical engineering and biomedical sciences. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10% of the world's wafer foundry. Singapore has one of the busiest ports in the world and is the fourth largest foreign exchange trading center in the world after London, New York and Tokyo. Singapore was rated as the country with the largest number of companies in the family economy in the world, with thousands of foreign expatriates working in multinational companies. Singapore is also regarded as a leading center of finance in the region and the world. In addition, the city-state also employs tens of thousands of white-collar foreign workers from around the world. Singapore has a highly developed economy based on market, which historically revolved around the trading post, in other words, a huge export economy dependent on exporting goods to other countries. Together with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one of the four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on the export and refining of imported products, especially in manufacturing. The industry constituted 26% of Singapore's GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well diversified, with the electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, mechanical engineering and biomedical sciences. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10% of the world's wafer foundry. Singapore has one of the busiest ports in the world and is the fourth largest foreign exchange trading center in the world after London, New York and Tokyo. Singapore was rated as the country with the largest number of companies in the family economy in the world, with thousands of foreign expatriates working in multinational companies. Singapore is also regarded as a leading center of finance in the region and the world. In addition, the city-state also employs tens of thousands of white-collar foreign workers from around the world.