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Comprising one main island and sixty-three smaller islands, Singapore sits one degree north of equator. The figure is taken from CIA World Factbook, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Singapore is an island nation situated off the tip of the Malay Peninsula

Comprising one main island and sixty-three smaller islands, Singapore sits one degree north of equator.

Despite having a land area of roughly 730 square kilometres, Singapore is a global financial and shipping hub. Land reclamation projects have expanded its total land area by over twenty-five per cent since independence in 1965. The Strait of Singapore is one of the busiest commercial shipping lanes in the world.

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Singapore (12943310675) — Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Comprising one main island and sixty-three smaller islands, Singapore sits one degree north of equator. The figure is taken from CIA World Factbook, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.