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Bishan, Singapore

Bishan
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
 • Chinese 碧山
 • Pinyin Bì shān
 • Malay Bishan
 • Tamil பீஷான்
 • Tamil romanisation Pīṣāṉ
1 2014 panorama bishan park aerial gopro dji phantom.jpg
BishanTown-SG.JPG Bishan Depot trains.jpg
Guide House Bishan Singapore.jpg Bishan Stadium and Sports Hall.JPG Raffles Institution Admin Block.jpg
BishanatNight-Singapore-20091130.jpg
From top left to right: Aerial panorama of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Aerial view of Bishan Town Centre, Bishan Depot, Guide House of the Girl Guides Singapore, Bishan Stadium, Raffles Institution, Bishan at night
Bishan is located in Singapore
Bishan
Bishan
Location of Bishan within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°21′3″N 103°51′5″E / 1.35083°N 103.85139°E / 1.35083; 103.85139
Country  Singapore
Region

Central Region


CDC
Town council
  • Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council
Constituency
Development begins
  • 1983
Town completed
  • 1989
DGP exhibited
  • 1994
PA incorporated
  • 22 January 1999
Government
 • Mayor

Central Singapore CDC


 • Members of Parliament

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Area
 • Total 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Area rank 38th
 • Residential 1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 90,700
 • Rank 21st
 • Density 11,896.6/km2 (30,812/sq mi)
 • Density rank 15th
Demonym(s)

Official

  • Bishan resident

Colloquial

  • Bishaner
  • Bishanian
  • Bishanite
Ethnic groups
 • Chinese 77,220
 • Malays 3,760
 • Indians 7,000
 • Others 2,720
Postal district 20
Dwelling units 19,664
Projected ultimate 34,000

Central Region

Central Singapore CDC

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Official

Colloquial

Bishan /bɪʃʌn/ (Chinese: 碧山, Tamil: பீஷான்), also known as either Bishan New Town or Bishan Town, is a planning area and matured residential town located at the northernmost portion of the Central Region of Singapore. Statistically, the area is ranked the 38th biggest in terms of geographical size and the 21st most populated planning area in the country. This however, makes Bishan ranked 15th in terms of population density. Apart from its boundary with the Central Water Catchment in the west, Bishan borders three other planning areas - Ang Mo Kio to the north, Toa Payoh to the south and Serangoon to the east.

What is now Bishan today was once land that belonged to Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng, a cemetery that mainly served the Cantonese and Hakka communities of Singapore. Following the establishment of the cemetery in 1870, the first human settlements began to appear in the area, forming what eventually became Kampong San Teng. During the Battle of Singapore in 1942, Peck San Theng was the site of a fierce firefight between the invading Japanese forces and the defending British. The subsequent fall of the island to the Japanese that same year eventually made Peck San Theng a place of refuge for most of the Singapore population. In 1973, Peck San Theng stopped accepting burials and six years later following a government lease, land was acquired for development. Graves were then exhumed between 1982 and 1984 paving the way for the construction of Bishan New Town in 1983. Today, Peck San Theng still remains in operation, although it had since been converted into a columbarium.


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