Singapore

     Singapore 

• Country: Singapore
• Continent: Sudoeste Asiatic
• Population:  4.740.737
• Population origin: The History of Singapore commences when the island of Temasek was renamed Singapore ("Lion City") in the fourteenth century. In the same century, under the command of Prince Parameswara, Singapore is growing in importance with the creation of a seaport, which was destroyed in 1613 by Portuguese pirates.
  The modern history of Singapore began in 1819 when Englishman Thomas Stamford Raffles built a British port that will allow the island to become an important commercial centre with India and China, and is a prestigious trading post in Southeast Asia, making it a prominent port city.
• Official Language: Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English co-exist as official languages ​​in Singapore
• Weather: Singapore boasts a warm and sunny tropical climate with temperatures rarely drop ever 20 degrees C (mean minimum temperatures are around 23.9 º C and maximum of about 30.9 ºC).
  
  The heat combined with occasional showers. The rainy season corresponds to the last months of the year.  Relative humidity is quite high.

·       Flora and fauna: Singapore has about 60 species of mammals, 365 species of birds, 107 species of reptiles and 28 species of amphibians.

Central Nature Reserve and the nearby collection of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is the bulwark of the forest animals left in the continent. The latter is the only primary forest left on the island, while the former is a great secondary forest.  The northeast of the offshore islands of Pulau Ubin and Pulau Tekongare are also rich in wildlife.