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| name = Pulau Ujong |
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| native name = Pulau Ujong |
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| native name link = Malay language |
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| location = [[Southeast Asia]] |
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| archipelago = [[Malay Archipelago]] |
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| area km2 = 710 |
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| highest mount = [[Bukit Timah]] |
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| country = {{flag|Singapore}} |
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| country admin divisions = [[Government of Singapore]] |
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| country capital = Singapore |
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| country largest city = Singapore |
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| country largest city population = 5 million |
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| population = 5,469,700 |
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| population as of = 2014 |
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| population footnotes = <ref name=singaporePop>{{cite website|url=http://population.sg/resources/#footnote6|title=2014 Population in Brief|publisher=Population SG|accessdate=March 1, 2015}}</ref> |
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| density km2 = 7,618 |
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| ethnic groups = [[Chinese Singaporean]] <br> [[Malay Singaporean]] <br> [[Singapore Indians]] |
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'''Pulau Ujong''' ([[Malay language|Malay]]: literally 'island at the end |
'''Pulau Ujong''' ([[Malay language|Malay]]: literally 'island at the end of the [[Malay Peninsula|peninsula]]') or '''Singapore Island''' is the main [[island]] of [[Singapore]]. It forms the majority of the country in terms of area and population.{{Clarify|date=November 2011}} With a population of 5,469,700 and an area of 710 square kilometres, Pulau Ujong is the [[List of islands by population|21st most populous island in the world]] and the [[List of islands by population density|31st most densely populated island in the world]].<ref name=singaporePop/> Its highest point is [[Bukit Timah]] at 165 metres. |
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It was the easiest reference to the Singapore Island{{huh|date=April 2014}} as anyone travelling from the [[Straits of Malacca]] to the [[South China Sea]] or vice versa would have to pass the island, hence giving it the name. Like [[Johor]]'s old name, ''Ujong Tanah'' meaning "Land's End", the island was known better by the [[Orang laut]] as Pulau Ujong literally meaning "End Island". The 3rd-century Chinese reference to Pu Luo Chung (蒲罗中）corresponds to the Malay reference known as Pulau Ujong.<ref>Xu Yunqiao History of South East Asia 1961 Singapore World Publishing Co. 许云樵 《南洋史》 星洲世界书局 1961年</ref> |
It was the easiest reference to the Singapore Island{{huh|date=April 2014}} as anyone travelling from the [[Straits of Malacca]] to the [[South China Sea]] or vice versa would have to pass the island, hence giving it the name. Like [[Johor]]'s old name, ''Ujong Tanah'' meaning "Land's End", the island was known better by the [[Orang laut]] as Pulau Ujong literally meaning "End Island". The 3rd-century Chinese reference to Pu Luo Chung (蒲罗中）corresponds to the Malay reference known as Pulau Ujong.<ref>Xu Yunqiao History of South East Asia 1961 Singapore World Publishing Co. 许云樵 《南洋史》 星洲世界书局 1961年</ref> |
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| Location | Southeast Asia |
| Archipelago | Malay Archipelago |
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| Population | 5,469,700 |
Pulau Ujong (Malay: literally 'island at the end of the peninsula') or Singapore Island is the main island of Singapore. It forms the majority of the country in terms of area and population.[clarification needed] With a population of 5,469,700 and an area of 710 square kilometres, Pulau Ujong is the 21st most populous island in the world and the 31st most densely populated island in the world.[1] Its highest point is Bukit Timah at 165 metres.
It was the easiest reference to the Singapore Island[clarification needed] as anyone travelling from the Straits of Malacca to the South China Sea or vice versa would have to pass the island, hence giving it the name. Like Johor's old name, Ujong Tanah meaning "Land's End", the island was known better by the Orang laut as Pulau Ujong literally meaning "End Island". The 3rd-century Chinese reference to Pu Luo Chung (蒲罗中）corresponds to the Malay reference known as Pulau Ujong.[2]
According to a third-century book Record of Foreign countries during the Eastern Wu Period (吴时外国传), Pu Luo Jong (Pulao Ujong) was inhabited by cannibals with five to six inch tails.[3]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b "2014 Population in Brief". Population SG. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ Xu Yunqiao History of South East Asia 1961 Singapore World Publishing Co. 许云樵 《南洋史》 星洲世界书局 1961年
- ^ Record of Foreign Countries during the Eastern Wu Period, section on Pu Luo Jong 许云樵 《康泰吴时外国传辑注》 四十四-四十五页 1971 新加坡南洋研究所出版
- Bibliography
- Victor R Savage; Brenda Yeoh (2004). Toponymics A Study of Singapore's Street Names. Eastern University Press. ISBN 981-210-364-3.
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