Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. In 1963 Singapore became part of the new federation of Malaysia, alongside Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak, but ideological differences led to its expulsion from the federation two years later, and it became an independent sovereign country in 1965. Despite lacking natural resources, the nation rapidly developed to become one of the Four Asian Tigers and today has the highest PPP-adjusted GDP per capita in the world. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikipedia: Singapore
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- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Republic, government type there.
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1. Wikipedia: Singapore
WikipediaIntroduction
it became an independent sovereign country in 1965
Singapore: Status
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- Wikipedia lead paragraph, official name/state form (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia.
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