What Is Singapore?

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Moving on to the 8th top country to visit this blog, we have the city-state of Singapore.  It may be small, but it had a big share of the visitors here.  With 114 views in 2014, it makes it about 0.6% of the total views.  So, if you are Singaporean, live in Singapore, or have lived in or visited Singapore, I’d like to hear your opinions.

Singapore

The smallest country so far, Singapore has an area of 718.3 square kilometres, which is 190th in the world.  It has a population of 5,469,700, which makes it 114th in the world.  The capital and only city is Singapore, which also has a population of 5,469,700. The official languages are English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil, making this a very multilingual and multicultural country.  Singapore achieved independence from the United Kingdom on August 31, 1963, but subsequently joined with Malaysia.  However, it achieved full…

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