this article is about singapor is a sovereign island in southeast asia. the country is situated one degree (137 kilometer / 85 miles) north of equator at the southern tip of the Malaya peninsula with indonesia's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23% (130 square kilometers / 50 square miles). Although its history stretches back millennia, modern singapore was founded in 1819 by Mr.stamford raffles as a trading post of the British East india company after the company's collapse in 1858, the island came under direct british control as a crown colony known as the straits settlement. during the second world war singapore was occupied it again. singapore gained independence from british empire in 1963 by joining malaysia along with sabah and sarawak, but separated two years later over ideological difference becomeing a fully sovereign state in 1965. After early years of turbulence and despite lacking natural resource and a hinterland, the nation developed rapidly as an Asian tiger economey based on external trade and its work force the city classified as an Alpha+global city indicating its influence on gloabl economey. Singapore is the only country in asia with an AAA sovereign rating from all major rating agencies, and one of 11 world wides. singapore is a highly developed countrey and its ranked ninth on UN human Development index the highest in asia sovereign state with 7th highest GDP per capita in the world it was ranked the most expensive country to live in from (2012-2019) by the economist it is identified as a tax haven. singapore is a placed highly in key social indicators: Education, healthcare, quality of life personal sfety and housing, with a home-ownership rate of 90% singaporeans enjoy on of the world's longest life expentency and one of the lowest infant mortality rate in the world as of 2019 singaporeans had visa free and on arrival visa access to 189 countries and 1st ranked passport in the world.
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