19 December 2012 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, Theme Weeks
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Singapore by night © LordHorst
Singapore is a
southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the
Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the
equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from
Malaysia by the
Straits of Johor to its north and from
Indonesia‘s
Riau Islands by the
Singapore Strait to its south. The country is highly urbanised with very little primary rainforest remaining, although more land is being created for development through
land reclamation.
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