The Flag of Singapore comprises of two flat halves, red above white. Singapore Flag has red represents universal group and parity of man; white attitudes for pervading and eternal purity and virtue. In the top left corner, a white semicircular moon and five white stars form a ring. The five stars signify for the ideals of democracy, concord, progress, justice and equality.
On 3 December 1959, the National Flag was raised when Singapore was granted self-rule by the British Government. Also revealed that day were the State Crest and the National Anthem. The Flag of Singapore was considered and created by a committee headed by then Deputy Prime Minister.
Singapore was ruled by British government in the 19th century. The flag was used to signify the Settlements covering three gold crowns. After Britain, the land was captured by Japanese. After the Second World War, Singapore became an independent Crown colony and accepted its own flag. The flag was modified from the Straits Settlements flag to decrease the number of crowns from three to one.
The Singapore Flag red represents universal brotherhood and parity of man, and white, represents permeating and everlasting purity and virtue. The waxing semicircular moon depicts a young nation on the dominant. The five stars represent the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality. Also, the star and crescent sign are recognized as a symbol of Islam. However, Singapore and Nepal are the only non-Muslim states to have a semicircular moon in their national flags.
Singapore shares maritime boundary with Malaysia. The island country is located in South East Asia. The population of the nation is 5.6 million. The population density of the nation is 8383 per Km2 (21,712 people per mi2).
Singapore has democratic republic government. The official language of Singapore is Mandarin, English, Malay, Hokkien, and Tamil. The country uses Dollar as their currency. Singapore comprises of two letters Singapore code i.e. SG and its three letters Singapore code is SGP and in digits it is 702. The calling code is +65 and the UTC i.e. standard time followed in Singapore is UTC +8 hours.
Being a democratic republic, Singapore comprises a total of 5 regions.
| Country | Singapore |
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| Continent | Asia |
| Official languages | Malay, English, Mandarin, Tamil |
| Capital | Singapore |
| Currency | Brunei dollar $ (BND), Singapore dollar $ (SGD) |
| CET | UTC+08:00 |
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| CEST | UTC+08:00 |
| Internet TLD | SG |
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| Three-letter country code | SGP |
| Three-digit country code | 702 |
| Calling code | +65 |