Jurong
Sign in to saveJurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and Pioneer, along with Jurong Island in the Western Islands cluster and the southernmost portions of the Western Water Catchment. The Jurong region can also include present-day Bukit Batok and Tuas.
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Place details
- Locality
- Singapore
- Region
- SG.05
- Country
- Singapore
- Population
- 262,730
- Timezone
- Asia/Singapore
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jurong
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commercial district and Regional centre
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- Other
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Chinese
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Yùláng Jū-lông
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
- Malay
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
- Tamil
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Jūrōṅ
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: Jurong Lake, Jurong Town Hall, Jurong East MRT station, Jem, Jurong Port.
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Settlement.mapframe point
- none
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Jurong in Singapore
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- Singapore
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Jurong within Singapore
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- West Region
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Encyclopedic overview
40 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Pre-industrial Jurong
- Landscape
- Territorial extent
- Modern Jurong
- Ecology
- Water bodies
- Elevation points
- Geology
- Territorial extent
- History
- Before Raffles (c. 1600 – 1819)
- Colonial era (1819 to 1942)
- Earliest developments
- An American expedition
- Earliest industries
- Agriculture and aquaculture
- Manufacturing and processing
- Similar business ventures
- Second World War (1941–45)
- 101 Special Training School
- Modern history (1960–present)
- The need to industrialise
- Jurong Industrial Estate
- Townships of Jurong
- Spyros disaster
- Transportation
- Private
- Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
- Bus
- Economy
- Commercial
- Tourism
- Education
- Politics
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and Pioneer, along with Jurong Island in the Western Islands cluster and the southernmost portions of the Western Water Catchment. The Jurong region can also include present-day Bukit Batok and Tuas.
Jurong also covers several offshore islands as well, including Pulau Damar Laut and Pulau Samulun, both of which are located within the planning areas of Jurong East and Boon Lay respectively; along with the aforementioned Jurong Island. The coastline of the region on mainland Singapore, faces the strait of Selat Jurong, while the southernmost island of the region, Jurong Island, faces the strait of Selat Pandan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jurong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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