The Northern region encompasses towns such as Woodlands and Sembawang, while the Western region includes Jurong and Tuas, which are important for manufacturing and port activities. The Northern and Western regions of Singapore, while predominantly residential, are also home to important industrial areas.
It consists of commercial areas such as the Central Business District and Marina Bay, as well as residential towns, including Bishan, Bukit Merah, and Queenstown. This region contains the Central Area, also called the city area, and is the country's economic core. The Central Region, often referred to as Central Singapore, covers the central and southern parts of Singapore Island. This main island is diamond-shaped and flat, consisting of low-lying land with a central plateau. Singapore Island: Singapore's main island, known as Singapore Island, or Pulau Ujong in Malay, represents the primary geographical region.
Numerous parks and reserves occupy the island, so while it is an urban environment, there is significant greenery contending for space. It is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to the north, and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to the south. Singapore, an island city-state in Southeast Asia, lies off the southern edge of the Malay Peninsula and has a total area of about 734 km 2 (281 mi 2).
