Singapore
•Singapore is 100% urbanised. Singapore has no countryside, apart from the relatively insignificant amount of countryside on other islands (in the country of Singapore) such as in Pulau Ubin.
•Singapore is a city, a capital and a state all at once, making it one of only three City States in the world.
•Singapore imports sand and fresh water from Malaysia. Singapore is literally building into the sea to create more land to enlarge the country.
Ongoing land reclamation projects have increased Singapore’s land area from 581.5km squared in the 1960s to 719.1km squared in 2015, an increase of some 23% (130km squared)
•Singapore has the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, which is 35 meters high! It’s in Gardens by the Bay, which is an indoor garden housing over 500,000 plants from across the world.
•The Great Singapore Duck Race is held every year in order to raise money for charity. In 2002 it broke a world record with more than 123,000 toy ducks racing on the Singapore River.
•Singapore has the fastest walkers on the planet. According to a research by the British Council, Singaporeans have the fastest walking speed. On average, Singaporeans walk a distance of 18 metres in 10.55 seconds. That's approximately 6.15km in an hour!
•Singapore is among the 20 smallest countries in the world. To give you context, USA is about 15,000 times bigger.
•Our local blend of Singlish is actually pretty well-known internationally. We even have two words – lah and sinseh – in the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary.
•The highest natural point in Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill – which is only 164 metres high.
•The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore contains more species of trees than the entire North American continent.
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49 Interesting Facts About Singapore We Bet You Didn’t Know!