SINGAPORE
(Republic of Singapore)

Capital: Singapore

Flag: the flag consists of a red strip from above and a white strip below. On a red strip, the elevator, has a white half moon on the fly and five white stars.

Motto: Long live Singapore.

MONETARY BLOCK: The Singapore dollar (in US dollar) in 100 cents is hard currency. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 US dollar and banknotes of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 10000 dollars. s of $1 = us of $0.60606 (or us of $1 = s of $1.65) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: The metric system works, but some local measures are used.

HOLIDAYS: large western, Chinese, Malayan and Muslim holidays some of which drop out for annual variable dates because of the used calendars are celebrated. The main holidays - New year, on January 1; Chinese New year; Good Friday; Put Vesak (a Buddhist festival); Labor Day, on May 1; Hari Ry Puas (Muslim festival); National day, on August 9; Hari Ry Haji (festival of the Malayan Muslims); Dewali; Christmas, on December 25.

TIME: 8th evenings = midday of GMT.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Republic of Singapore, the second-large country in Asia, consists of the island Singapore and several small next islands. Located in the Indian Ocean at the southernmost tip of the peninsula Malay, Singapore occupies the space of 693 sq.km (268 quarter. Miles). Rather, the space occupied by Singapore is a little more, than 3,5 times more, than in Washington, the District of Columbia the Island Singapore stretches for 41,8 km (26 miles) en-wsw and for 22,5 km (14 miles) with-nnv and has the coastline of 193 km (120 mi), including about 84 km (52 miles) along the water channel between the island and the Malayan peninsula. Singapore is connected to the next western part of Malaysia 1 056 m long (3,465 feet) in length through narrow Johore Strait. The position of Singapore in east part of the Strait of Malacca which separates the Western Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra attached it the economic and strategic significance proportional to its small sizes. The Singapore capital of Singapore is located on the southern coast of the country.

TOPOGRAPHY

The island Singapore is generally low, green, wavy country with a small range of hills in the center. The highest point of the island - Bukit Timakh (166 m / 545 feet). In the center there are sites of the rainforest and large swamps of the mangrove woods along the coast in which there are a lot of gulfs, especially in the North and the West. The harbor of Singapore is extensive, deep and well protected. The longest river, Seletar, makes only 14 km (9 miles).

CLIMATE

The climate is tropical, with a heavy rain and high humidity. Range of temperature is small; average annual at most 31 °C (88 °F) and average at least 24 °C (75 °F). Annual heavy rain of 237 cm (93 inches) is distributed quite evenly within a year, since 39 cm (15 inches) in December up to 28 cm (11 inches) in May. Rains about one day in two.