Fun fact 2 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]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/330px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png)
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Under Japanese occupation, Singapore was renamed Syonan-to, meaning 'light of the south'.
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Singapore
Singapore
Country
Singapore
Population
5.7M
Coordinates
1.35, 103.82
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.
From the “Name and etymology” section
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