The origin of Singapore?

Because most of the ancestors of Chinese Singaporeans originated in southern China, especially in Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan provinces, 40% of them are from southern Fujian, followed by Chaoshan people, Guangfu people, Puxian people (Putian people), Hainanese, Fuzhou people, Hakkas, and Zen and Nianqing people.

Singapore citizens are mainly divided into four ethnic groups: Chinese account for 74.2% of the population, as well as Malays (13.3%), Indians (9. 1%) and Eurasian/mixed-race citizens (3.4%).

Second, population.

By the end of 20 15438+0 1 2005, the total temporary resident population in Singapore was 5.535 million, including 3.375 million Singaporean citizens, or 527,000 "permanent residents" for short. The number of foreigners living in the Lion City is quite large, about 1.63 million.

Singaporeans are mainly composed of immigrants and their descendants who immigrated from Europe and Asia in the past century. At present, the total population is 56 1 000 (June 20 17), and the citizens and permanent residents are 3.96 million.

Third, the historical origin of Singapore

The history of Singapore can be traced back to the 3rd century, when indigenous people lived there. The earliest documentary records originated from Wu Zhuan written by Kang Tai, a general of Wu Dong in the 3rd century A.D.. According to the research of Singapore scholar Xu, Pulau Ujong is the antonym of Malay.

"Prolong" is the oldest name of Singapore Island, which means "the island at the end of Malay Peninsula".

Extended information language in Singapore;

Singapore is a multilingual country with four official languages, namely English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.

Based on the historical origin with Malaysia, the Constitution of Singapore clearly stipulates Malay as the national language of Singapore, mainly to respect the language used by the aborigines in Singapore.

Due to internal and external factors, Singapore adopts English as the main lingua franca and teaching language.

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