| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Asia |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Parliamentary Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%. |
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