Singapore

Singapore

Introduction

Singapore (or Singapore) is one of three remaining city-state with supreme authority on the planet, next to the Vatican and Monaco, although it is much more extensive than their geographical companions, occupying a region that reaches 710.2 km ². It is situated on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equatorial region and Indonesia, making the country smaller Southeast Asia. Because it is situated in an area of ??intersection between different routes of trade with foreign countries, their export potential has been fully exploited and Singapore has become a major financial center, acting as a valuable emporium in this region, in which freely circulate the wealth produced in this circuit. Moreover, occupies the position of third largest stronghold of the world's oil refining. This rich nation, expressly settled, had a humble background, born as a simple Malay fishing community, the throat of the Singapore River. She was then also inhabited by native Orang-Laut, which spread along the coast, rivers and islands lesser extent. In 1819 the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, created this island region a team led by an overseer, which served as a port on the route of administration spices. From then Singapore was gradually turning into one of the most significant commercial and warlike spheres of England, a center of the British Empire in Southeast Asia (Soh, 2005, p. 12).

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Singapore: Geography and climate

Singapore is an island of approximately 700km2 located in Southeast Asia. The main island is 42km long and 23km wide. The remainder consists of small islands and islets (63, to be exact), which may be either military, or industrial, a cluster of rocks and Sentosa course. The neighbors are Malaysia and Indonesia. The highest point of Singapore is Bukit Tima hill with 166 meters. Approximately 23% of the island consists of forest and nature reserves. If you love orchids, you'll love the collection at the National Orchid Garden (Cantwell and Narula, 2001, p. 172).

You can even baptize one of orchids with his name, since disburser's $ a $ 100,000 Singaporeans. Its proximity to the equator, the weather in Singapore is hot and humid all year. They say temperatures range from 22 º C to 33 º C, but never saw 22 º C and have felt increased from 33 ° C. On average, the relative humidity is around 90% in the morning and 60% in the afternoon. June and July are the hottest months (and how), August to October is the time of haze (mist / fog caused by fires in Indonesia that happen this time of year) and in November and December is the monsoon season (seasonal winds). Since there is no defined seasons, not much how to classify high and low season even so, it seems that between January and February is the best time to come here. Not as hot as mid-year, and there is still the Chinese New Year to fill his eyes (Bartelsman and Beetsma, 2003, ...