'''Singapore''' (Malay: ''Singa'' (lion) + ''pura'' (city)) is a city-state and parliamentary republic situated on a group of islands at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. Its land area is 712 square kilometers. Singapore declared independence from [[Britain]] on 31 August 1963 and became a sovereign, independent nation on August 9, 1965. | '''Singapore''' (Malay: ''Singa'' (lion) + ''pura'' (city)) is a city-state and parliamentary republic situated on a group of islands at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. Its land area is 712 square kilometers. Singapore declared independence from [[Britain]] on 31 August 1963 and became a sovereign, independent nation on August 9, 1965. |