Regions of Singapore

Regions of Singapore
Category	Unitary state
Location	Singapore
Created by	Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
Created	September 1991 (proposed)[1] 22 January 1999 (gazetted)[2]
Number	5 (as of 2019)
Populations	582,330 (North Region) – 930,910 (North-East Region)[3]
Areas	121.3 km2 (46.8 sq mi) (North-East Region) – 218.4 km2 (84.3 sq mi) (West Region)[3]
Government	Community Development Council (CDC) districts National Government
Subdivisions	Planning Areas (PAs)

The regions of Singapore are urban planning subdivisions demarcated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore to aid in its planning efforts. Over time, other governmental organisations have also adopted the five regions in their administrative work, as for example the Department of Statistics in the census of 2000. The regions are further subdivided into 55 planning areas, which include two water-catchment areas. The largest region in terms of area is the West Region with 218.4 km² (84.3 sq mi), while the Central Region is the most populous with an estimated population of 922,980 inhabitants in the area in 2019.^[3]

Singapore is governed as a unitary state without provinces or states. While used by some governmental organizations, these regions are not administrative subdivisions in a conventional sense. For administrative purposes, Singapore is divided into five districts and further divided into divisions governed by councils and headed by mayors. These subdivisions are incompatible with the regional subdivisions. The regions are fixed over time while the districts fluctuate with electoral redistricting.