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About Singapore

Singapore is a unique. Singapore is a rich city in culture, cuisine, art and architecture. Singapore city is also known as the "Lion City". In Singapore, especially at the mouth of the Singapore River, Asian tradition meets modern technology - gleaming skyscrapers tower over traditional architecture, while squat Chinese and Hindu temples stud the city.

Singapore's clean, safe streets and lack of traffic congestion roads make it one of the world's favorite destinations of tourists all over the world. Singapore Government commits that visitors will always receive the warm welcome.

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Weather / Climate

Singapore is made up of the main island - which is 42km long by 23km wide and 63 other smaller islands. Singapore has a total area of approximately 1000 sq km.

Singapore's climate is warm and humid, averaging between 23ºC and 31ºC, with an average of 2.3 meters of rain annually. The highest point is 163m at Bukit Timah Peak.

There are mainly two distinct monsoon seasons in Singapore, North-eastern monsoon from December to March and South-western monsoon from June to September; inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms.

Religion

Singapore is a multi-religious country. Peoples originating from various countries and ethnic groups are found in Singapore. Most of the key religious denominations are represented in Singapore. Most Singaporeans celebrate the major festivals associated with their respective religions.

The main religion by far is Buddhism with approx. 42.5% of the resident population being declared as adherents. The variety of religions is a direct reflection of the diversity in Singapore.

The Chinese are predominantly followers of Buddhism, Taoism, Christians, and some agnostics. Malays have the Muslims and Indians are Hindus. There are a sizeable number of Muslims and Sikhs in the Indian population.

Singapore Currency

Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy, which historically revolves around extended entrepot trade. The economy depends heavily on exports refining imported goods, especially in manufacturing.

The dollar is the currency of Singapore. Singapore currency code is SGD. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents.

The Singapore dollar is a freely convertible currency which is allowed to float according to supply and demand on the foreign exchange market, but it is monitored by the Monetary Authority of Singapore against a trade-weighted basket of currencies.

Getting there

Singapore is a thriving metropolis where thousands of people pass through each day. Singapore's Changi Airport is one of the largest in Asia. Singapore's Changi Airport is included in the top 5 of international airports.

With Singapore being a major stopover point for the Europe to Australasia route, flights in and out of Singapore are plentiful and can also be cheap. Singapore has established a healthy tourist industry and is also a major departing point for cruise ships traveling to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Singapore is connected to Malaysia by a causeway, so trains and buses run into Malaysia and beyond to Thailand, a bus trip to Kuala Lumpur can take around 8.