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
1km2(273
0sqmi),Singaporeisoneoffourremainingtruecity-statesintheworld
ItisthesmallestnationinSoutheastAsia
PriortoEuropeansettlement,theislandnowknownasSingaporewasthesiteofaMalayfishingvillageatthemouthoftheSingaporeRiver
SeveralhundredindigenousOrangLautpeoplealsolivedalongthenearbycoast,riversandonsmallerislands
In1819theBritishEastIndiaCompanyestablishedatradingpostontheisland,whichwasusedthereafterasastrategictradingpostalongthespiceroute
[4]SingaporewouldbecomeoneofthemostimportantcommercialandmilitarycentresoftheBritishEmpire,a