新加坡是一个城市国家，原意为“狮城”。据马来史籍记载，公元1150年左右，苏门答腊的室利佛逝王国王子盘那乘船到达此岛，看见一头黑兽，当地人告知为狮子，遂有“狮城”之称。新加坡是梵语“狮城”之谐音，由于当地居民受印度文化影响较深，喜欢用梵语作为地名。而狮子具有勇猛、雄健的特征，故以此作为地名是很自然的事。过去华侨多称其为“息辣”，即马来语“海峡”的意思，也有因其小而将之称为星洲、星岛的。位于东南亚，是马来西亚半岛最南端的一个热带城市岛国。面积为4平方公里，北隔柔佛海峡与马来西亚为邻，有长堤与马来西亚的新山相通，南隔新加坡海峡与印度尼西亚相望。地处太平洋与印度洋航运要道——马六甲海峡的出入口，由50多个海岛组成，新加坡岛占全国面积的91．6％。地势低平，平均海拔15米，最高海拔163米，海岸线长193公里。属热带海洋性气候，常年高温多雨，年平均气温24~27℃。年平均降水量2345毫米，年平均湿度3%。 国花 以一种名为卓锦·万代兰的胡姬花为国花。东南亚通称兰花为胡姬花。卓锦·万代兰是由卓锦女士培植而成，花朵清丽端庄、生命力特强，它象征新加坡人的气质和刻苦耐劳、果敢奋斗的精神。Singapore is a city country， original intention is "the lion city" According to records， the Malay connection AD 1150 or so， sumatran room lifo passes away kingdom prince checks the boat to this island， see a black beast， locals for the lion， hence is that "the lion city" Singapore is a Sanskrit "lion city"， since local residents by Indian culture， likes to use Sanskrit as And the lion has the brave and powerful， vigorous characteristic， therefore as the place is a very natural Over more than Chinese called it "hot"， namely， carry the Malay， also because of its small and will be known as tao， a Located in southeast Asia， is one of the most southern peninsular Malaysia tropical island Area for 4 square kilometers， with a strait between north connects with a neighbour， Malaysia are interlinked， Malaysia， south of new mountain between Singapore's straits and I Located in the Pacific and Indian oceans - the malacca strait and shipping exit by more than 50 island， the island of Singapore 6% With an average elevation it 15 meters， the highest elevation 163 meters long coastline， 193 A tropical climate， high temperature and rainy 24-27 annual average temperature Average annual rainfall and humidity in average 2345 mm yalWith a ZhuoJin called Abram， the national flower of HuJiHua for Southeast Asia for HuJiHua appellative ZhuoJin · generation is ZhuoJin by ms and cultivating flowers， strong vitality and dignified， beautiful， it is the symbol of singaporeans， resolute temperament and hardworking
