City of Singapore (historical entity)
Singapore | |
|---|---|
| City of Singapore | |
View of the Singapore River, 1960 High Street, 1963 Raffles Hotel, 1965 Supreme Court and City Hall buildings, 1960 Bumboats on the Singapore River, 1960 | |
Map of the area in 1951, the year it was conferred city status. | |
| Coordinates: 1°17′30″N 103°51′00″E / 1.29167°N 103.85000°E | |
| Country | United Kingdom (1826–1963) Malaysia (1963–1965) |
| State | Colony of Singapore (1951–1959) State of Singapore (1959–1965) |
| Government | |
| • Type | City council |
| • Mayor | Ong Eng Guan |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.89 sq mi (17.84 km2) |
| Demonym | Singaporean |
| Time zone | UTC+07:30 (MALT) |
| Postal districts | 1, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
The City of Singapore was a city within the Colony of Singapore, a British crown colony, and later formed part of the State of Singapore within Malaysia, administered by the City Council as its local governing authority. Before 1951, the City Council was known as the Municipal Commission, and the area was referred to as the Town of Singapore. Singapore was formally accorded city status by the United Kingdom in 1951.
The remainder of the crown colony outside the city was administered by the Singapore Rural Board. The city functioned as the capital of Singapore until its abolishment in 1965. Today, the Central Area, which sits in the south-eastern corner of Singapore, mostly corresponds with what was once the City of Singapore, and the usage of "Singapore" now refers to all of the territories under the Republic of Singapore as a city-state.