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List All Cities in Singapore Listing cities Singapore database :
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Background
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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Singapore subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe.
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Population
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4,701,069 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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none
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Administrative divisions
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parliamentary republic
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Independence
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National Day, 9 August (1965)
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International organization participation
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two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade
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Agriculture - products
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-1.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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41.72 billion kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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37.94 billion kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity - production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Oil - production
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1.289 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Internet country code
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3.37 million (2008)
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