Planning areas of Singapore

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Planning areas of Singapore
Singapore MP2008. Urban Planning Areas.svg
CategoryFirst-level census division
Location Republic of Singapore
Created by Urban Redevelopment Authority
Created
  • September 1991 (proposed) [1]
  • 22 January 1999 (gazetted) [2]
Number55 (as of 2019)
Populations10 (Western Islands and Tengah, Singapore) – 281,300 (Bedok) [3] [4]
Areas0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) (Straits View) – 69.46 km2 (26.82 sq mi) (Western Water Catchment) [4]
Government
Subdivisions
  • Subzone

Planning areas, also known as DGP areas or DGP zones, are the main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. There are a total of 55 of these areas, organised into five regions. A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing for detailed planning guidelines for every individual plot of land throughout the country. [2]

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The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of the 1991 Concept Plan. [5] Since the implementation of these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have also increasingly adopted these boundaries for their administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. [6] The Singapore Police Force's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under the previous neighbourhood Police Post system.

List of planning areas

Inset map of the Central Area Map of Central Region, Singapore Planning Areas (+Central Area PAs).svg
Inset map of the Central Area

Planning areas are further subdivided into 332 subzones for statistical purposes. [3] [4]

Reference map for the planning areas of Singapore
Name (English) Malay Chinese Pinyin Tamil RegionArea (km²)Population [7] Density (/km²)
Ang Mo Kio 宏茂桥Hóngmàoqiáoஆங் மோ கியோ North-East 13.94161,00013,400
Bedok *勿洛Wùluòபிடோக் East 21.69278,27013,000
Bishan 碧山Bìshānபீஷான் Central 7.6285,68012,000
Boon Lay 文礼Wénlǐபூன் லே West 8.23303.6
Bukit Batok *武吉巴督Wǔjí Bādūபுக்கிட் பாத்தோக் West 11.13164,56014,000
Bukit Merah *红山Hóngshānபுக்கிட் மேரா Central 14.34149,16011,000
Bukit Panjang *武吉班让Wǔjí Bānràngபுக்கிட் பாஞ்சாங் West 8.99137,02015,000
Bukit Timah *武吉知马Wǔjí Zhīmǎபுக்கிட் திமா Central 17.5379,2704,400
Central Water Catchment Kawasan Tadahan Air Tengah中央集水区Zhōngyāng Jíshuǐqūமத்திய நீர் நீர்ப்பிடிப்பு North 37.15**
Changi *樟宜Zhāngyíசாங்கி East 40.611,81080.62
Changi Bay Teluk Changi樟宜湾Zhāngyí Wānசாங்கி பே East 1.7**
Choa Chu Kang 蔡厝港Cài Cuògǎngசுவா சூ காங் West 6.11189,99030,000
Clementi 金文泰Jīnwéntàiகிளிமெண்டி West 9.4993,5009,800
Downtown Core Pusat Bandar市中心Shìzhōngxīnசிங்கப்பூர் நகர மையத்தில் Central 4.344,000680
Geylang *芽笼Yálóngகேலாங் Central 9.64109,15011,400
Hougang 后港Hòugǎngஹவ்காங் North-East 13.93226,99016,000
Jurong East Jurong Timur裕廊东Yùláng Dōngஜூரோங் கிழக்கு West 17.8376,3904,400
Jurong West Jurong Barat裕廊西Yùláng Xīஜூரோங் மேற்கு West 14.69258,24018,000
Kallang *加冷Jiālěngகாலாங் Central 9.17100,52011,000
Lim Chu Kang 林厝港Lín Cuògǎngலிம் சூ காங் North 17.3905.2
Mandai *万礼Wànlǐமண்டாய் North 11.772,090180.2
Marina East Marina Timur滨海东Bīnhǎi Dōngமெரினா கிழக்கு Central 1.82**
Marina South Marina Selatan滨海南Bīnhǎi Nánமெரினா தென் Central 1.62**
Marine Parade 马林百列Mǎlín Bǎilièமரின் பரேட் Central 6.1245,8508,000
Museum Muzium博物馆Bówùguǎnஅருங்காட்சியகம் Central 0.83630480
Newton 纽顿Niǔdùnநியூட்டன் Central 2.079,0303,800
North-Eastern Islands Kepulauan Timur Laut东北群岛Dōngběi Qúndǎoவடகிழக்கு தீவுகள் North-East 42.88401.2
Novena 诺维娜Nuòwéinàநொவீனா Central 8.9850,5805,600
Orchard 乌节Wūjiéஆர்ச்சர்ட் Central 0.961,090960.3
Outram 欧南Ōunánஊட்ரம் Central 1.3717,46013,500
Pasir Ris *巴西立Bāxīlìபாசிர் ரிஸ் East 15.02145,9909,600
Paya Lebar *巴耶利峇Bāyé Lìbāபாய லேபார் East 11.69303.4
Pioneer 先驱Xiānqūபயனியர் West 12.1508.3
Punggol *榜鹅Bǎng'éபொங்கோல் North-East 9.34185,81017,800
Queenstown 女皇镇Nǚhuángzhènகுவீன்ஸ்டவுன் Central 20.4396,7304,400
River Valley 里峇峇利Lǐbā Bālìநதி பள்ளத்தாக்கு Central 1.4811,2506,800
Rochor 梧槽Wúcáoரோச்சோர் Central 1.6212,9308,300
Seletar *实里达Shílǐdáசிலேத்தார் North-East 10.2530026.3
Sembawang *三巴旺Sānbāwàngசெம்பவாங் North 12.34108,2208,400
Sengkang 盛港Shènggǎngசெங்காங் North-East 10.59252,73023,000
Serangoon *实龙岗Shílónggǎngசிராங்கூன் North-East 10.1117,91011,500
Simpang *新邦Xīnbāngசிம்பாங் North 5.13**
Singapore River Sungai Singapura新加坡河Xīnjiāpō Héசிங்கப்பூர் நதி Central 0.963,7403,000
Southern Islands Kepulauan Selatan南部群岛Nánbù Qúndǎoதெற்கு தீவுகள் Central 6.072,220244
Straits View Pemandangan Selat海峡景Hǎixiájǐngஸ்ட்ரெய்ட்ஸ் காண்க Central 0.77**
Sungei Kadut Sungai Kadut双溪加株Shuāngxī Jiāzhūசுங்கை காடுட் North 15.9974053.2
Tampines *淡滨尼Dànbīnníதெம்பினிஸ் East 20.89265,34012,400
Tanglin 东陵Dōnglíngடங்லின் Central 7.6322,9702,800
Tengah *登加Dēngjiāதெங்கா West 7.4101.4
Toa Payoh 大巴窑Dàbāyáoதோ பாயோ Central 8.17128,45014,300
Tuas *大士Dàshìதுவாஸ் West 30.04402.3
Western Islands Kepulauan Barat西部群岛Xībù Qúndǎoமேற்கத்திய தீவுகள் West 39.47100.25
Western Water Catchment Kawasan Tadahan Air Barat西部集水区Xībù Jíshuǐqūமேற்கத்திய நீர் நீர்ப்பிடிப்பு West 69.4661013
Woodlands 兀兰Wùlánஊட்லண்ட்ஸ் North 13.59252,19018,700
Yishun 义顺Yìshùnயீஷூன் North 21.24222,58010,100

* = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly in the Malay language.

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