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| • | The Republic of Singapore (Simplified Chinese: খ&#-923;&#-3424;ढ़&#-1883;&#-3727;॒&#-3227;&#-2307;; Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó, Malay: Republik Singapura; Tamil: &#-2336;&#-1089;&#-2400;&#-1075;&#-2656;&#-1110;&#-3168;&#-1110;&#-3872;&#-1104;&#-3360;&#-2656;&#-1087;&#-2016;&#-1089;&#-992;&#-1104;&#-2336;&#-1087;), is an island city-state in Southeast Asia, situated on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands. Its coordinates are , just 137 km north of the Equator. The name Singapore was derived from Malay word singa (lion), which itself is derived from the Sanskrit word ࠤ&#-416;&#-1729;ࠤ&#-3872;&#-1735; siMha of the same meaning, and the Sanskrit word ࠤ&#-1312;&#-1727;ࠤ&#-1120;pura (city) . Singapore developed from a small Malay fishing village to become a multicultural, major global city, while attracting controversy for some of its current government policies. Throughout history, it has been posssessed by multiple countries and empires and changed hands many times, including being in the possesion of Melaka and the Sultanate of Johore in ancient history, the British Empire in the colonial era, Japanese Empire in World War II and Malaysia after merger. It finally achieved independence in 1965. After independence, government-led rapid industrialisation and open policies inviting foreign investments stimulated rapid economic growth and the country is now regarded as a developed nation. Presently, Singapore can be politically analysed as a democratic socialist country and has an extensive welfare system, although de facto it has a dominant-party system. The nation regards itself as multiracial, and the majority of the population are ethnic Chinese, with ethnic Indians, Malays and Eurasians being a significant minority. Singapore has little natural resources, so its economy must on exports of electronics and manufacturing from [wikipedia: singapore] |
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