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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Singapore was founded in 1299 by Sang Nila Utama, according to the Malay Annals.
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country
Singapore
Population
6.1M
Area
733 km²
Capital
Singapore
Continent
Asia
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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