What country does Singapore claim to be?

Singapore is known as the country of Chinese descent.

As of 2022, Singapore’s total population is approximately 5.64 million, with 4.07 million citizens and permanent residents, and Chinese account for about 74%, so Singapore is known as the country of Chinese descent.

Singapore is a country of immigrants. In the first half of the 19th century, immigrants from China, India, the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian Islands entered Singapore. The Chinese have a higher status in Singapore's economy and society, and they have outstanding business performance. There are large-scale and influential chambers of commerce such as the "Chinese General Chamber of Commerce". The ancestors of most Singaporean Chinese originate from southern China, especially Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan provinces. 40% of them are Hokkien people, followed by Chaoshan people, Guangfu people, Putian people (Putian people), Hainan people, Fuzhou people, Hakka, as well as Baba, Nyonya, etc.

Singapore’s geographical environment

Singapore is located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, at the entrance and exit of the Strait of Malacca. It is adjacent to Malaysia across the Strait of Johor to the north and faces Indonesia across the Strait of Singapore to the south. It consists of Singapore Island and 63 nearby small islands, of which Singapore Island accounts for 88.5% of the country's area. Singapore has a low and flat terrain, with an average altitude of 15 meters, a maximum altitude of 163 meters, and a coastline of 193 kilometers.

Singapore has a tropical maritime climate, which is controlled by the equatorial low pressure belt all year round. It has an equatorial rainy climate with small annual and daily temperature differences, and the average annual temperature is between 23 and 35°C. December is the coldest month of the year. Affected by the northeast monsoon and the southward movement of the low-pressure belt, the average temperature is around 23 to 24°C. From June to September, southwesterly winds are the driest. Singapore has abundant rainfall, with an average annual rainfall of about 2,400 millimeters. The rainy season is from November to March of the following year. Affected by the humid monsoon, there is more rain.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Singapore