Hougang

Hougang
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	后港
• Pinyin	Hòu Găng
• Malay	Hougang
• Tamil	ஹவ்காங்
From top left to right: Hougang Central, Aerial view of Kovan, Kampong Lorong Buangkok, Flats along Hougang Avenue 4, Heritage Garden of the Institute of Mental Health, Panoramic view of Punggol Park
Hougang Location of Hougang within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°22′18.4″N 103°53′35″E / 1.371778°N 103.89306°E / 1.371778; 103.89306
Country	Singapore
Region	North-East Region
CDCs	Central Singapore CDC North East CDC South East CDC
Town councils	Ang Mo Kio Town Council Aljunied-Hougang Town Council Marine Parade Town Council
Constituencies	Aljunied GRC Ang Mo Kio GRC Hougang SMC Marine Parade GRC
Government
• Mayors	Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua North East CDC Teo Ser Luck South East CDC Maliki Osman
• Members of Parliament	Aljunied GRC Chen Show Mao Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Ang Mo Kio GRC Darryl David Gan Thiam Poh Intan Azura Mokhtar Hougang SMC Png Eng Huat Marine Parade GRC Fatimah Lateef
Area
• Total	13.93 km2 (5.38 sq mi)
• Residential	3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	222,310
• Density	16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Official Hougang Resident
Postal district	19
Dwelling units	51,646
Projected ultimate	72,000

North-East Region

Central Singapore CDC

North East CDC

South East CDC

Aljunied GRC

Ang Mo Kio GRC

Hougang SMC

Marine Parade GRC

Official

Hougang (Chinese: 后港, Tamil: ஹவ்காங்) is a planning area and residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town is the most populous in the region, being home to 222,310 residents. Hougang planning area is bordered by Sengkang to the north, Geylang to the south, Bedok to the southeast, Toa Payoh to the southwest, Paya Lebar to the east and Serangoon to the west.

Hougang is the pinyin version of Aū-káng, a Hokkien and Teochew name meaning "river end", as Hougang is located upstream or at the back of Sungei Serangoon. In the past, the name connoted the area stretching from the fifth milestone junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Upper Paya Lebar Road/Boundary Road to the seventh and a half milestone junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Punggol Road. The area just beyond the seventh milestone along Punggol Road was formerly considered part of Punggol but is now within Hougang Town and that section of Punggol Road is now Hougang Avenue 8, with Punggol Road starting further north.

Pig farming was carried out in Punggol, including the area of Punggol that is now part of Hougang Town. The last of these pig farmers were relocated by the late-1990s to flats built in Hougang. Today, Hougang is an HDB new town with over 40,000 housing units interspersed with pockets of private residential areas.