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Fun fact 1 about Singapore

Letter from William Farquhar to Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam, the 21st Sultan of Brunei, dated 28 November 1819. In the first line, Farquhar mentions that Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggong Abdul Rahman allowed the British East India Company to establish a factory in Singapore on 6 February 1819.[38][39]
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The name 'Singapore' is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city'.

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Singapore

Singapore

Country
Singapore
Population
5.7M
Coordinates
1.35, 103.82
50th most populous city in the world

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet.

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