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Bukit Timah

Bukit Timah
Planning Area and HDB Estate
Other transcription(s)
 • Chinese 武吉知马
 • Pinyin Wǔjí Zhīmǎ
 • Hokkien POJ Bú-kiat Ti-bé
 • Malay Bukit Timah
 • Tamil புக்கித் திமா
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Bukit Timah is located in Singapore
Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah
Location of Bukit Timah within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°19′45.88″N 103°48′7.48″E / 1.3294111°N 103.8020778°E / 1.3294111; 103.8020778
Country  Singapore
Region

Central Region


CDCs
Town councils
  • Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council
  • Jurong-Clementi Town Council
  • Tanjong Pagar Town Council
Constituencies
Government
 • Mayors

Central Singapore CDC

North West CDC

South West CDC


 • Members of Parliament

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Jurong GRC

Tanjong Pagar GRC

Area
 • Total 17.53 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 74,470
 • Density 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)

Official

  • Bukit Timah resident

Colloquial

  • Bukit Timaher
  • Bukit Timahian
Ethnic groups
 • Chinese 64,150
 • Malays 760
 • Indians 3,650
 • Others 5,910
Postal districts 10, 11, 21
Dwelling units 2,423

Central Region

Central Singapore CDC

North West CDC

South West CDC

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Jurong GRC

Tanjong Pagar GRC

Official

Colloquial

Bukit Timah (Chinese: 武吉知马, Tamil: புக்கித் திமா), often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Central Business District, bordering the Central Water Catchment to the north, Bukit Panjang to the northwest, Queenstown to the south, Tanglin to the southeast, Clementi to the southwest, Novena to the east and Bukit Batok to the west.

With little government-funded public housing developments in the area, Bukit Timah has one of the highest densities of private housing out of any other planning areas in the country. Compared to other places located in the outskirts of the city, residential properties in Bukit Timah are far more expensive.

Bukit Timah, which literally means "tin hill" in Malay, was already identified on the 1828 map by Frankin and Jackson as Bukit Timah. The hill in question was depicted on the map towards the northwest as two hills at the eastern source of the Kranji River.


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