Queenstown, Singapore

Queenstown
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	女皇镇
• Pinyin	Nǚ Huáng Zhèn
• Hokkien	Lí-hông-tìn
• Malay	Queenstown
• Tamil	குவீன்ஸ்டவுன்
From top left to right: The Sandcrawler at One North, University Cultural Centre at the Kent Ridge campus of the National University of Singapore, Haw Par Villa, Panoramic view of Ghim Moh at night, HDB flats along Queensway, Kent Ridge Park
Queenstown Location of Queenstown within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°17′39″N 103°47′10.06″E / 1.29417°N 103.7861278°E / 1.29417; 103.7861278
Country	Singapore
Region	Central Region
CDCs	Central Singapore CDC North West CDC South West CDC
Town councils	Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council Tanjong Pagar Town Council West Coast Town Council
Constituencies	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC West Coast GRC
Government
• Mayors	Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua North West CDC Teo Ho Pin South West CDC Low Yen Ling
• Members of Parliament	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Christopher De Souza Tanjong Pagar GRC Chan Chun Sing Chia Shi Lu Joan Pereira West Coast GRC Lim Hng Kiang
Area
• Total	20.43 km2 (7.89 sq mi)
• Residential	2.10 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	98,050
• Density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Official Queenstown resident Colloquial Queenstowner Queenstownian
Postal districts	3, 5
Dwelling units	30,546
Projected ultimate	60,000

Central Region

Central Singapore CDC

North West CDC

South West CDC

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Tanjong Pagar GRC

West Coast GRC

Official

Colloquial

Queenstown (Chinese: 女皇镇, Tamil: குவீன்ஸ்டவுன்) is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. It borders Bukit Timah to the north, Tanglin to the northeast, Bukit Merah to the east and southeast, as well as Clementi to the northwest and west. Its southern and southwesternmost limits are bounded by Selat Pandan.

Developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust in the 1950s and subsequently by the Housing and Development Board in the 1960s, Queenstown was the first satellite town to be built in the country. Most apartments within the township consists of simple one, two, or three-room flats, typically in low-rise, walk-up blocks. Major development work was carried out during the first Five-Year Building Programme between 1960 and 1965. A total of 19,372 dwelling units were constructed between 1952 and 1968.

Queenstown was named after Queen Elizabeth II to mark her coronation in 1952. The area was previously known by the Mandarin Chinese name Wu-wei-gang (Wade Giles: Wu-wei-kang), or in Hokkien as Boh Beh Kang. The arterial road Queensway was officially named in 1954.