The Downtown Core is a 266-hectareA hectare (symbol ha, pronounced ) is a unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, or one square hectometre, and commonly used for measuring land area. A 100m square is one ha. Its base unit, the are, was defined by older forms of the metric system, but neither it nor the hectare are part of the modern metric system. The Comité International des Poids et Mesures classifies ...hectare urban planning areaSingapore is currently divided into 55 urban planning areas by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, organised into five regions. A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing for detailed planning guidelines for every individual plot of land throughout the country. The URA's planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of the ...urban planning area in the south of the city-stateA city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city, usually having sovereignty. Historically, city-states have often been part of larger cultural areas, as in the city-states of ancient Greece (such as Athens, Sparta and Corinth), the Phoenician cities of Canaan (such as Tyre and Sidon), the Mayans of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (including sites such as Chichen Itza and El Mirador), the central Asian cities along the Silk Road (which includes Samarkand ...city-state of SingaporeSingapore (; ; , ), officially the Republic of Singapore (; ; , ), is an island nation located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometers (85 miles) north of the Equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 704.0 km² (272 square miles), it is one of the few city-states in the world and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. The main island contained a fishing village sparsely ...Singapore. The Downtown Core surrounds the mouthA delta is a landform where the mouth of a river flows into an ocean, sea, desert, estuary or lake. It builds up sediment outwards into the flat area which the river's flow encounters (as a deltaic deposit) transported by the water and set down as the currents slow. Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers ...mouth of the Singapore RiverThe Singapore River is a small river in terms of physical attributes, but of extreme historical importance to the Republic of Singapore, the political entity which shares its name. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean. The immediate upper watershed of the Singapore River is known as the Singapore River Planning ...Singapore River and southeastern portion of its watershedA drainage basin is a region of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water as well as the land surfaces from which water drains into those channels. The ...watershed, and is part of the Central AreaThe Central Area refers to the core financial and commercial districts in Singapore, comprising of eleven urban planning areas, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, Singapore River and ...Central Area, Singapore's central business districtA Central business district (CBD) (also called 'Downtown' in American English) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and parts of South Africa, the term 'Central Business District' is the formal term, and is often colloquially abbreviated to 'CBD'.central business district. It is one of the most dense areas in SingaporeSingapore (; ; , ), officially the Republic of Singapore (; ; , ), is an island nation located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometers (85 miles) north of the Equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 704.0 km² (272 square miles), it is one of the few city-states in the world and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. The main island contained a fishing village sparsely ...Singapore, even more than other divisions in the Central Area, to the extent that much of it is filled with skyscrapersA skyscraper is a very tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. However, as per usual practice in most cities, the definition is used empirically, depending on the relative impact of the shape of a building to a city's overall skyline (even though at least 20 stories or ...skyscrapers. As it name implies, it forms the economic core of Singapore, including key districts such as Raffles PlaceRaffles Place is the financial heart of Singapore. It is located within the Downtown Core and the Central Area and, as such, is home to the some of the tallest buildings and landmarks in Singapore. It is situated south of the mouth of the Singapore River.Raffles Place and key administrativePublic administration can be broadly described as the implementation and study of government policy. Public administration is linked to pursuing the public good by enhancing civil society and social justice. Though public administration has historically referred to government management, it increasingly encompasses non-governmental organizations that are not acting out of self-interest.administrative buildings such as the Parliament HouseThe Parliament House of Singapore is a public building and cultural landmark and houses the Parliament of Singapore. It is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within Singapore's central business district (the Central Area). Within its vicinity is Raffles Place, which lies across it from the Singapore River, and the Supreme ...Parliament House, the Supreme CourtSingapore has a two-tier court system consisting of the Supreme Court and the Subordinate Courts. The Supreme Court consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court and hears both civil and criminal matters. The Court of Appeal hears both civil and criminal appeals from the High Court. The Court of Appeal may also decide ...Supreme Court and City HallThe City Hall (Chinese: 政府大厦; Malay: Dewan Bandaraya; Tamil: நகர மண்டபம்) in Singapore is a national monument gazetted on 14 February 1992. Located in front of the historical Padang and next door to the Supreme Court of Singapore, it was designed and built by the architects of the municipal government, A. Gordans and F. D. Meadows from 1926 to 1929. A flight of stairs takes visitors ...City Hall as well as numerous commercialCommerce is a branch of production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer. It comprises the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money between two or more entities. Commerce functions as the central mechanism which drives capitalism and certain other economic systems (but compare command economy, for example). Commercialization or commercialisation ...commercial buildings and cultural landmarksOriginally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. In modern usage, it includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest ...landmarks.