第1页共6页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共6页新加坡地理经济文化英语介绍新加坡共和国RepublicofSingaporeSingapore,officiallytheRepublicofSingapore,isanislandcountrylocatedatthesoutherntipoftheMalayPeninsula.Itlies137kilometres(85mi)northoftheequator,southoftheMalaysianstateofJohorandnorthofIndonesia'sRiauIslands.At707.1km2(273.0sqmi),Singaporeisoneoffourremainingtruecity-statesintheworld.ItisthesmallestnationinSoutheastAsia.PriortoEuropeansettlement,theislandnowknownasSingaporewasthesiteofaMalayfishingvillageatthemouthoftheSingaporeRiver.SeveralhundredindigenousOrangLautpeoplealsolivedalongthenearbycoast,riversandonsmallerislands.In1819theBritishEastIndiaCompanyestablishedatradingpostontheisland,whichwasusedthereafterasastrategictradingpostalongthespiceroute.[4]SingaporewouldbecomeoneofthemostimportantcommercialandmilitarycentresoftheBritishEmpire,andthehubofBritishpowerinSoutheastAsia.ThecitywasoccupiedbytheJapaneseduringWorldWarII,whichWinstonChurchillcalled"Britain'sgreatestdefeat".[5]SingaporerevertedtoBritishruleimmediatelypostwar,in1945.Eighteenyearslaterthecity,havingachievedindependencefromBritain,mergedwithMalaya,SabahandSarawaktoformMalaysia.However,lessthantwoyearslateritsecededfromthefederationandbecameanindependentrepublicon9August1965.SingaporejoinedtheUnitedNationson21Septemberthatsameyear.ItisalsoamemberoftheCommonwealthofNations.Sinceindependence,Singapore'sstandardoflivinghasbeenontherise.Foreigndirectinvestmentandastate-leddrivetoindustrialisationbasedonplansdrawnupbytheDutcheconomistAlbertWinsemiushavecreatedamoderneconomyfocusedonelectronicsmanufacturing,petrochemicals,tourismandfinancialservicesalongsidetraditionalentrepôttrade.[citationneeded]Singaporeisthe5thwealthiestcountryintheworldintermsofGDP(PPP)percapita.[6]ThissmallnationhasforeignexchangereservesofmorethanUS$177billion.[7]ThepopulationofSingaporeisapproximately4.84million.[2]ThoughSingaporeishighlycosmopolitananddiverse,ethnicChineseformthemajorityofthepopulation.Englishistheadministrativelanguageofthecountry.TheConstitutionoftheRepublicofSingaporeestablishedthenation'spolitical第2页共6页第1页共6页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共6页systemasarepresentativedemocracy,whilethecountryisrecognisedasaparliamentaryrepublic.[8]ThePeople'sActionParty(PAP)dominatesthepoliticalprocessandhaswoncontrolofParliamentineveryelection.新加坡自然地理NatureGeography1位于东南亚，是马来西亚半岛最南端的一个热带城市岛国。面积为693平方公里，北隔柔佛海峡与马来西亚为邻，有长堤与马来西亚的新山相通，南隔新加坡海峡与印度尼西亚相望。SingaporephysicalgeographyislocatedatSoutheastAsia,isaPeninsularMalaysiamostsouthtipoftropicscityislandcountry.Theareais693squarekilometers,northseparatestheJohorechannelandMalaysiaistheneighbour,hasthecausewayandMalaysia'sJohoreisinterlinked,southseparatestheSingaporechannelandIndonesiafacesoneanother新加坡国名由来HowDidSingaporeGetItsName2加坡是一个城市国家，原意为“狮城”。据马来史籍记载，公元1150年左右，苏门答腊的室利佛逝王国王子盘那乘船到达此岛，看见一头猛兽，当地人告知为狮子，遂有“狮城”之称。新加坡是梵语“狮城”之谐音，由于当地居民受印度文化影响较深，喜欢用梵语作为地名。而狮子具有勇猛、雄健的特征，故以此作为地名是很自然的事。过去华侨多称其为“息辣”，即马来语“海峡”的意思，也有因其小而将之称为星洲、星岛的。图为新加...
