Geography Of Singapore
Singapore is a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of 714.3 km². The Singapore area comprises mainland and other islands. The mainland of Singapore measures 49 kilometres from East to West and 25 kilometres from North to South with 19 km of coastline. These figures are based on 2.515m High Water Mark cadastral survey boundaries.
Singapore is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.
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