Singapore
Lion City
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Population and religion
Education
Economy of Singapore
Tourism and shopping in Singapore
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Singapore

1. Singapore

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2.

The Republic of Singapore is
a city-state in Southeast
Asia, located on the island
of the same name south of
the Malay Peninsula. It has
state borders (by sea) with
two countries: Malaysia and
Indonesia. The city-state is
located on 63 islands,
including artificially created
ones.

3. Lion City

Garden city on the
islands The name of this
city-state from Sanskrit
can be literally
translated as "Lion City":
sinha means "lion", and
pura - "city".

4. 02

Country history
01
The first mention of
Tumasik Island is found
in Chinese sources of the
3rd century.
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03
In 1963, Singapore
became part of the
Federation of Malaysia
04
In the XIX century, the
island became a British
colony. During World War II,
the British surrendered
Singapore to Japanese
troops.
August 9, 1965, it declared
its independence.

5. Population and religion

77%
14%
8%
local residents
are Chinese
Malays
immigrants
from India
British, Arabs, Armenians,
Jews, Thais and Japanese
also live in Singapore
Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Taoism,
Confucianism and even animism,
preserved from ancient times, coexist
peacefully in the Country.

6. Education

The Singapore public
education system is
recognized as one of the
best in the world. The citystate has a literacy rate of
99.9%. Teaching in schools
and universities is
conducted only in English.

7. Economy of Singapore

The low level of corruption and the
introduction of modern technologies
have become a reliable recipe for
prosperity for Singapore. Despite
the high population density, a
thriving economy provides jobs for
almost everyone, and the
unemployment rate in Singapore
does not exceed 3%.

8. Tourism and shopping in Singapore

Singapore annually receives about 6.5 million foreign visitors mostly businessmen. The liveliness of international passenger
traffic is evidenced by the fact that 25 million people pass
through Singapore's two airports every year. Along with
business interests, shopping is a common reason for traveling
to the country. It can be combined with sightseeing.
Tourism and shopping in
Singapore

9.

Sands Sky Park
Marina Bay
Sands

10.

Singapore Flyer

11.

. Retribution will overtake both those who smoked in
the wrong place, and those who did not flush after
themselves in a public toilet. Serious offenses are
punished very harshly - for the transport of drugs, for
example, the death penalty is threatened here.
Singapore has a strict system of
fines

12. Thanks!

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