Central (Singapore)
| Central Singapore Community Development Council Central District
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| Country | Singapore |
| Residents | 970,000 |
| ISO 3166-2 | SG-01 |
| Website | www.centralsingaporecdc.org.sg (English) |
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 ' N , 103 ° 51' E
The Central Singapore District (or Central) is one of the five Community Development Councils (CDC) of the city-state of Singapore . With over 970,000 inhabitants, the Central Singapore District is the most populous in the country, almost four fifths of the residents are Chinese .
It is crossed by the Singapore River and includes the Central Business District as well as Kampong Glam , Chinatown and Little India and is divided into the districts of Ang Mo Kio , Bishan-Toa Payoh , Moulmein-Kallang , Tanjong Pagar , Sengkang West , Whampoa and Radin Mas .
The central district should not be confused with the central region of the regional planning structure of Singapore, with which it partially coincides.
