Singapore
Key facts:
POPULATION: (2010 Census)1: 5,076,700
AREA2: 710 sq km
CAPITAL: Singapore
CURRENCY: Singapore dollar (SGD)
HEAD OF STATE: President Tony Tan
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: democratic parliamentary republic
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: unicameral
STATE STRUCTURE: city state
LANGUAGES: English (official), Malay (national language), Mandarin and Tamil (recognised)
NATIONAL ELECTIONS:
general: last: 2011 turnout: na next: 2016
presidential: last: 2011 turnout: na next: 2017
LOCAL ELECTIONS: there is no elected local government
WOMEN COUNCILLORS: na
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE (as a percentage of total government expenditure 2013/14): na
Summary
Singapore is a democratic parliamentary republic with no local government.
Read the profile of the local government system in Singapore.
CLGF activities in Singapore
Singapore hosted the first Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Meeting in 2015