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Basic information about Singapore

Map of Singapore Singapore Public Holidays in 2007

1 January	New Year's Day
18 February - 19 February	Chinese New Year
6 April	Good Friday
1 May	Labour Day / May Day
31 May	Vesak Day
9 August	National Day
13 October	Hari Raya Puasa
8 November	Deepavali
20 December	Hari Raya Haji
25 December	Christmas

Total Area: 692.7 sq km

(About 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC)

Population: 4.5 million

Ethnic groups

Religion

Languages

Chinese

Malay

Indian

others

76.8%

13.9%

7.9%

1.4%

Buddhist

Muslim

Taoist

Hindu

Catholic

other Christian

others

none

42.5%

14.9%

8.5%

4.8%

9.8%

0.7%,

14.8%

Mandarin

English

Malay

Hokkien

Cantonese

Teochew

Tamil

other Chinese dialects

others

35%

23%

14.1%

11.4%

5.7%

4.9%

3.2%

1.8%

0.9%

GDP : $126.5 billion

Singapore per capita GDP:

$28,600

Compare with

USA

$41,600

$30,100

Canada

$33,900

Germany

$30,100

Malaysia

$12,000

Thailand

$8,600