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Planning areas of Singapore

Main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore

Planning areas of Singapore
Category	First-level census division
Location	Republic of Singapore
Created by	Urban Redevelopment Authority
Created	September 1991 (proposed)[1] 22 January 1999 (gazetted)[2]
Number	55 (as of 2019)
Populations	10 (Western Islands and Tengah, Singapore) – 281,300 (Bedok)[3][4]
Areas	0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) (Straits View) – 69.46 km2 (26.82 sq mi) (Western Water Catchment)[4]
Government	National Government
Subdivisions	Subzone

Planning areas, also known as DGP areasorDGP 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.^[2]

The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of the 1991 Concept Plan.^[5] 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.^[6] The Singapore Police Force's (SPF) 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 332 subzones for statistical purposes.^[3][4]

Reference map for the planning areas of Singapore

Bishan Bukit Merah Southern Islands Geylang Kallang Marine Parade Queenstown Toa Payoh Bedok Changi Paya Lebar Pasir Ris North-Eastern Islands Tampines Central Water Catchment Woodlands Ang Mo Kio Bukit Batok Bukit Panjang Clementi Bukit Timah Tanglin Central Area Jurong East Western Islands Boon Lay Pioneer Tuas Western Water Catchment Lim Chu Kang Sungei Kadut Choa Chu Kang Tengah Jurong West Novena Serangoon Hougang Sengkang Mandai Yishun Sembawang Simpang Seletar Punggol Changi Bay West Region North-East Region North Region East Region Central Region

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

• Regions of Singapore
• Administrative divisions of Singapore

• Planning Areas Boundaries Map A
• Planning Areas Boundaries Map B