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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

It is located about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north.

The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by approximately 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects.

It has the second highest population density of any country in the world, although there are numerous green and recreational spaces as a result of urban planning.

With a multicultural population and in recognition of the cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil.

English is the lingua franca, with its exclusive use in numerous public services.

Multi-racialism is enshrined in the constitution and continues to shape national policies in education, housing, and politics.

Southeast Asia is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and north-west of mainland Australia which is part of Oceania.

Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania and the Pacific Ocean, and to the south by Australia and the Indian Ocean.

Apart from the British Indian Ocean Territory and two out of 26 atolls of Maldives in South Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia is the only other subregion of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere.

Mainland Southeast Asia is entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.

East Timor and the southern portion of Indonesia are the parts of Southeast Asia that lie south of the Equator.

Bullion is non-ferrous metal that has been refined to a high standard of elemental purity.

The term is ordinarily applied to bulk metal used in the production of coins and especially to precious metals such as gold and silver.

It comes from the Anglo-Norman term for a melting-house where metal was refined, and earlier from French, "boiling".

Although precious metal bullion is no longer used to make coins for general circulation, it continues to be held as an investment with a reputation for stability in periods of economic uncertainty.

To assess the purity of gold bullion, the centuries-old technique of fire assay is still employed, together with modern spectroscopic instrumentation, to accurately determine its quality.

Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value.

Precious metals, particularly the noble metals, are more corrosion resistant and less chemically reactive than most elements.

They are usually ductile and have a high lustre.

Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial raw materials.

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code.

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au and atomic number 79.

In pure form, it is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.

Chemically, gold is a transition metal, a group 11 element, and one of the noble metals.

It is one of the least reactive chemical elements being second lowest in the Reactivity series.

It is a solid under standard conditions.