Planning Areas of Singapore


Planning Areas, also known as DGP areas or DGP zones, are the main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. There are a total of 55 of these areas, 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 planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of the 1991 Concept Plan. Since the implementation of these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have also increasingly adopted these boundaries for their administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force's neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under the previous neighbourhood Police Post system.
Planning Areas are further subdivided into subzones for statistical purposes.

List of Planning Areas

Name MalayChinesePinyinTamilRegionArea PopulationDensity
Ang Mo Kio宏茂桥Hóng mào qiáoஆங் மோ கியோNorth-East13.94163,95013,400
Bedok*勿洛Wù luòபிடோக்East21.69279,38013,000
Bishan碧山Bì shānபீஷான்Central7.6288,01012,000
Boon Lay文礼Wén lǐபூன் லேWest8.23303.6
Bukit Batok*武吉巴督Wǔjí bā dūபுக்கிட் பாத்தோக்West11.13153,74014,000
Bukit Merah*红山Hóng shānபுக்கிட் மேராCentral14.34151,98011,000
Bukit Panjang*武吉班让Wǔjí bān ràngபக்கிட் பஞ்சாங்West8.99139,28015,000
Bukit Timah*武吉知马Wǔjí zhī mǎபுக்கித் திமாCentral17.5377,4304,400
Central Water CatchmentKawasan Tadahan Air Tengah中央集水区Zhōngyāng jí shuǐ qūமத்திய நீர் நீர்ப்பிடிப்புNorth37.15**
Changi*樟宜Zhāng yíசாங்கிEast40.611,83080.62
Changi BayTeluk Changi樟宜湾Zhāng yí wānசாங்கி பேEast1.7**
Choa Chu Kang蔡厝港Cài cuò gǎngசுவா சூ காங்West6.11190,89030,000
Clementi金文泰Jīn wéntàiகிளிமெண்டிWest9.4992,4209,800
Downtown CorePusat Bandar市中心Shì zhōngxīnசிங்கப்பூர் நகர மையத்தில்Central4.342,720680
Geylang*芽笼Yá lóngகேலாங்Central9.64110,20011,400
Hougang后港Hòu gǎngஹவ்காங்North-East13.93226,24016,000
Jurong EastJurong Timur裕廊东Yù láng dōngஜூரோங் கிழக்குWest17.8379,2404,400
Jurong WestJurong Barat裕廊西Yù láng xīஜூரோங் மேற்குWest14.69264,86018,000
Kallang*加冷Jiā lěngகாலாங்Central9.17101,52011,000
Lim Chu Kang林厝港Lín cuò gǎngலிம் சூ காங்North17.31105.2
Mandai万礼Wàn lǐமண்டாய்North11.772,090180.2
Marina EastMarina Timur滨海东Bīnhǎi dōngமெரினா கிழக்குCentral1.82**
Marina SouthMarina Selatan滨海南Bīnhǎi nánமெரினா தென்Central1.62**
Marine Parade马林百列Mǎ lín bǎi lièமரின் பரேட்Central6.1246,3908,000
MuseumMuzium博物馆Bówùguǎnஅருங்காட்சியகம் திட்டமிடல் பகுதிCentral0.83420480
Newton纽顿Niǔ dùnநியூட்டன்Central2.078,0303,800
North-Eastern IslandsKepulauan Timur Laut东北群岛Dōngběi qúndǎoவட-கிழக்கு தீவுகள்North-East42.88501.2
Novena诺维娜Nuò wéi nàநொவீணாCentral8.9849,2105,600
Orchard乌节Wū jiéஓர்ச்சர்ட்Central0.96990960.3
Outram欧南Ōu nánஊட்ரம்Central1.3718,96013,500
Pasir Ris*巴西立Bāxī lìபாசிர் ரிஸ்East15.02148,0209,600
Paya Lebar*巴耶利峇Bā yé lì bāபாய ளேபர்East11.69403.4
Pioneer先驱Xiānqūபயனியர்West12.1908.3
Punggol榜鹅Bǎng éபொங்கோல்North-East9.34170,56017,800
Queenstown女皇镇Nǚhuáng zhènகுவீன்ஸ்டவுன்Central20.4396,3404,400
River Valley里峇峇利Lǐ bā bā lìநதி பள்ளத்தாக்குCentral1.4810,2506,800
Rochor梧槽Wú cáoரோச்சர்Central1.6213,3408,300
Seletar*实里达Shí lǐ dáசிலேத்தார்North-East10.2525026.3
Sembawang*三巴旺Sān bā wàngசெம்பவாங்North12.3495,9208,400
Sengkang盛港Shèng gǎngசெங்காஙNorth-East10.59244,60023,000
Serangoon*实龙岗Shí lónggǎngசிராங்கூன்North-East10.1116,31011,500
Simpang*新邦Xīn bāngசிம்பாங்North5.13**
Singapore RiverSungai Singapura新加坡河Xīnjiāpō héசிங்கப்பூர் நதிCentral0.963,0703,000
Southern IslandsKepulauan Selatan南部群岛Nánbù qúndǎoதெற்கு தீவுகள்Central6.071,800244
Straits ViewPemandangan Selat海峡景Hǎixiá jǐngஸ்ட்ரெய்ட்ஸ் காண்கCentral0.77**
Sungei KadutSungai Kadut双溪加株Shuāng xī jiā zhūசுங்கை காடுட்North15.9978053.2
Tampines*淡滨尼Dàn bīn níதெம்பினிஸ்East20.89256,73012,400
Tanglin东陵Dōng língடங்லின்Central7.6321,6302,800
Tengah*登加Dēng jiāதெங்காWest7.4101.4
Toa Payoh大巴窑Dàbā yáoதோ பாயோCentral8.17120,65014,300
Tuas大士Dà shìதுவாஸ்West30.04702.3
Western IslandsKepulauan Barat西部群岛Xībù qúndǎoமேற்கத்திய தீவுகள்West39.47100.25
Western Water CatchmentKawasan Tadahan Air Barat西部集水区Xībù jíshuǐqūமேற்கத்திய நீர் நீர்ப்பிடிப்புWest69.4672013
Woodlands兀兰Wù lánஊட்லண்ட்ஸ்North13.59254,73018,700
Yishun义顺Yì shùnயீஷூன்North21.24220,32010,100

* = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly in the Malay language.