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The Downtown Core is a 266-hectare
Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
 urban planning area
Urban planning areas in Singapore

Singapore is currently divided into 55 urban planning areas by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, organised into Regions of Singapore. 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....
 in the south of the city-state
City-state

A city-state is an independent country whose territory consists solely of a single major city and the area immediately surrounding it. Examples include the city-states of ancient Greece , the Phoenician cities of Canaan , the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia , the Mayans of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica , the central Asian cities along the Silk Roa...
 of Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
. The Downtown Core surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River
Singapore River

The Singapore River is a small river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region, Singapore in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean....
 and southeastern portion of its watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
, and is part of the Central Area
Central Area

File:Singapore skyline.JPGFile:Cbd night.jpgFile:Central model.jpgFile:SingaporeCBD from Carlsberg Sky Tower.jpgThe Central Area contains the core financial and commerce districts in Singapore, including eleven urban planning areas in Singapore, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum Planning Area, Newton, Singapore, Orc...
, Singapore's central business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
. It is one of the most dense areas in Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, even more than other divisions in the Central Area, to the extent that much of it is filled with skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
s. As its name implies, it forms the economic core of Singapore, including key districts such as Raffles Place
Raffles Place

Raffles Place is a geographical location in Singapore, south of the river mouth of the Singapore River. Located in the Downtown Core and the Central Area, it features some of the tallest buildings and landmarks of the country....
 and key administrative
Public administration

Public administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of branches of government public policy. The pursuit of the public good by enhancing civil society and social justice is the ultimate goal of the field....
 buildings such as the Parliament House
Parliament House, Singapore

The Parliament House of Singapore is a public building and cultural landmark and houses the Parliament of Singapore. It is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within Singapore's central business district ....
, the Supreme Court
Supreme Court, Singapore

The Supreme Court of Singapore is one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the Subordinate Courts of Singapore....
 and City Hall
City Hall, Singapore

File:City Hall 2, Singapore, Jan 06.JPGThe City Hall in Singapore is a National Monuments of Singapore gazetted on 14 February 1992. Located in front of the historical Padang, Singapore and next door to the Old Supreme Court Building, it was designed and built by the architects of the municipal government, A....
 as well as numerous commercial
Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
 buildings and cultural landmark
Landmark

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by exploration and others to find their way back or through an area.In modern usage, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure....
s.

History
The mouth of the Singapore River contained the old harbour for the Port of Singapore
Port of Singapore

The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and container terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore's harbor and which handle Singapore's shipping....
, so naturally, the city grew around it.






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The Downtown Core is a 266-hectare
Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
 urban planning area
Urban planning areas in Singapore

Singapore is currently divided into 55 urban planning areas by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, organised into Regions of Singapore. 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....
 in the south of the city-state
City-state

A city-state is an independent country whose territory consists solely of a single major city and the area immediately surrounding it. Examples include the city-states of ancient Greece , the Phoenician cities of Canaan , the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia , the Mayans of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica , the central Asian cities along the Silk Roa...
 of Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
. The Downtown Core surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River
Singapore River

The Singapore River is a small river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region, Singapore in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean....
 and southeastern portion of its watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
, and is part of the Central Area
Central Area

File:Singapore skyline.JPGFile:Cbd night.jpgFile:Central model.jpgFile:SingaporeCBD from Carlsberg Sky Tower.jpgThe Central Area contains the core financial and commerce districts in Singapore, including eleven urban planning areas in Singapore, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum Planning Area, Newton, Singapore, Orc...
, Singapore's central business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
. It is one of the most dense areas in Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, even more than other divisions in the Central Area, to the extent that much of it is filled with skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
s. As its name implies, it forms the economic core of Singapore, including key districts such as Raffles Place
Raffles Place

Raffles Place is a geographical location in Singapore, south of the river mouth of the Singapore River. Located in the Downtown Core and the Central Area, it features some of the tallest buildings and landmarks of the country....
 and key administrative
Public administration

Public administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of branches of government public policy. The pursuit of the public good by enhancing civil society and social justice is the ultimate goal of the field....
 buildings such as the Parliament House
Parliament House, Singapore

The Parliament House of Singapore is a public building and cultural landmark and houses the Parliament of Singapore. It is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within Singapore's central business district ....
, the Supreme Court
Supreme Court, Singapore

The Supreme Court of Singapore is one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the Subordinate Courts of Singapore....
 and City Hall
City Hall, Singapore

File:City Hall 2, Singapore, Jan 06.JPGThe City Hall in Singapore is a National Monuments of Singapore gazetted on 14 February 1992. Located in front of the historical Padang, Singapore and next door to the Old Supreme Court Building, it was designed and built by the architects of the municipal government, A....
 as well as numerous commercial
Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
 buildings and cultural landmark
Landmark

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by exploration and others to find their way back or through an area.In modern usage, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure....
s.

History


The mouth of the Singapore River contained the old harbour for the Port of Singapore
Port of Singapore

The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and container terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore's harbor and which handle Singapore's shipping....
, so naturally, the city grew around it. As a fledgling colony, the area which is now known as the Downtown Core was the financial
FINANCIAL

FINANCIAL is the weekly English language-language newspaper with offices in Tbilisi, Georgia and Kiev, Ukraine. Published by Intelligence Group LLC, FINANCIAL is focused on opinion leaders and top business decision-makers; It's about world?s largest companies, investing, careers, and small business....
, administrative and commercial centre of the colony. In 1823, Singapore was reorganised according to the Raffles Plan of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles, which specified elements like the Commercial Square (now Raffles Place) and the European Town as well as various other commercial and administrative entities located between them. This area later became the Downtown Core.

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