This is a list of places in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
based on the
planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the
Urban Redevelopment Authority
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore.
Mission
The authority was established on 1 April ...
(URA). Both the planning areas and subzones are listed according to alphabetical order.
Central Region
The
Central Region of Singapore is made up of 22 planning areas, of which 10 forms the
Central Area. Planning areas that are part of the Central Area are ''italicised''.
East Region
The
East Region of Singapore consists of 6 planning areas.
Tampines
Tampines () is the regional centre of the East Region of Singapore. With a population of 265,340 living across its five subzones, it is the second-most populous planning area in Singapore, according to the DOS Population Trends 2022. It is ho ...
serves as the
regional centre A regional centre in the city-state of Singapore is a second-tier commercial zone after the main central business district in the Central Area. About 15 times the size of a normal town centre in Housing Development Board (HDB) towns, they are loca ...
of the East Region.
North Region
The
North Region of Singapore is made up of 8 planning areas. Its
regional centre A regional centre in the city-state of Singapore is a second-tier commercial zone after the main central business district in the Central Area. About 15 times the size of a normal town centre in Housing Development Board (HDB) towns, they are loca ...
is located at
Woodlands Woodlands may back refer to:
* Woodland, a low-density forest
Geography
Australia
* Woodlands, New South Wales
* Woodlands, Ashgrove, Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with John Henry Pepper
* Woodlands, Marburg, Queensland, a her ...
.
North-East Region
The
North-East Region of Singapore is made up of 7 planning areas. There are plans to transform
Seletar
Seletar is an area located in the north-east of Singapore. Its name can also refer to the Seletar Planning Area (as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority), situated in the North-East Region of Singapore. The place name was derived from th ...
into the
regional centre A regional centre in the city-state of Singapore is a second-tier commercial zone after the main central business district in the Central Area. About 15 times the size of a normal town centre in Housing Development Board (HDB) towns, they are loca ...
of the North-East Region in the future.
West Region
The
West Region Western Region or West Region may refer to:
Places
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*Western Region, Bahrain
*Western Region, Eastern Cape, South Africa
*Western Region, Ghana
*Western Region (Iceland)
*Western Region, Nepal
*Western Regi ...
of Singapore consists of 12 planning areas. The
regional centre A regional centre in the city-state of Singapore is a second-tier commercial zone after the main central business district in the Central Area. About 15 times the size of a normal town centre in Housing Development Board (HDB) towns, they are loca ...
of the West Region is
Jurong East.
See also
*
Administrative divisions of Singapore
Singapore is governed as a unitary state without provinces or states. However, for the purposes of administration and urban planning, it has been subdivided in various ways throughout its history.
As of 2022, Singapore has a total land area of ...
References
Further reading
* Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco, and Shu Qi Tuang. 2018
"Voices from the Streets: Trends in Naming Practices of Singapore Odonymy" ''Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics'', XIII, 25-26. pp. 9-30.
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Places
Place may refer to:
Geography
* Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population
** Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government
* "Place", a type of street or road name
** Ofte ...