Central Area, Singapore

Central Area
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	中环区
• Pinyin	Zhōnghuán qū
• Hokkien	Tèng-hôan-khu
• Malay	Zon Tengah
• Tamil	மத்திய பகுதி
• Tamil romanisation	Mattiya pakuti
From top left to right: Skyline of the Downtown Core, Chinatown, The Helix Bridge with Marina Bay Sands in the background, Clarke Quay, Gardens by the Bay, ION Orchard, The National Museum of Singapore, Masjid Sultan, Rochor
Central Area Location of the Central Area within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°17′30″N 103°51′00″E / 1.29167°N 103.85000°E / 1.29167; 103.85000
Country	Singapore
Region	Central Region
Planning Areas	11 Downtown Core Marina East Marina South Museum Newton Orchard Outram River Valley Rochor Singapore River Straits View
CDCs	Central Singapore CDC South East CDC
Town councils	Jalan Besar Town Council Marine Parade Town Council Tanjong Pagar Town Council
Constituencies	Jalan Besar GRC Mountbatten SMC Tanjong Pagar GRC
Central Area created	22 January 1999
Government
• Mayors	Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua South East CDC Maliki Osman
• Members of Parliament	Jalan Besar GRC Denise Phua Lily Neo Mountbatten SMC Lim Biow Chuan Tanjong Pagar GRC Indranee Rajah Joan Pereira Melvin Yong
Area
• City	17.84 km2 (6.89 sq mi)
• Metro	132.7 km2 (51.2 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• City	60,520
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
• Metro	939,890
• Metro density	7,100/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Postal districts	1, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dwelling units	12,571

Central Singapore CDC

South East CDC

Jalan Besar GRC

Mountbatten SMC

Tanjong Pagar GRC

The Central Area (Chinese: 中环区, Malay: Zon Tengah, Tamil: மத்திய பகுதி), also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the city centre of Singapore. Located in the south-eastern part of the Central Region, the Central Area consists of eleven constituent planning areas, the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, the Museum Planning Area, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, the Singapore River and Straits View, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The term Central Business District (CBD) has also been used to describe most of the Central Area as well, although its boundaries lie within the Downtown Core.

The Central Area surrounds the banks of the Singapore River and Marina Bay where the first settlements on the island were established shortly after the arrival of Raffles in 1819. Surrounding the Central Area is the rest of the Central Region. The Central Area shares boundaries with the planning areas of Novena to the north, Kallang to the north and north-east, Tanglin to the north-west and west, Bukit Merah to the south-west and Marine Parade to the east. The south-easternmost limits of the city is enclosed in by Marina Barrage, where the mouth of Marina Bay meets the Singapore Strait.