Singapore
Chinatown
Chinatown is a subzone within Singapore's Outram planning area, historically the centre of the city's Chinese community. It contains a concentration of shophouses and several gazetted places of worship serving different faiths.
- Type
- subzone
- Status
- Defined by a planning or statistical authority rather than a tier of government.
Also known as Niu Che Shui, Kreta Ayer.
Chinatown is a subzone of the Outram planning area. The name is also used colloquially for a wider area than the statistical boundary covers.
What is recorded here
Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.
- Religious sites5
- Markets2
- Civic & heritage2
- Museums & galleries1
Places in Chinatown
Religious sites
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
Chinatown
The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum is a Buddhist temple complex on South Bridge Road in Singapore's Chinatown. It was completed in 2007 and combines a working temple with museum galleries and a roof garden.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Religious sites
Sri Mariamman Temple
Chinatown
Sri Mariamman Temple is a Hindu temple on South Bridge Road in Singapore's Chinatown and the oldest in the country, founded in 1827. It was gazetted as a National Monument of Singapore in 1973 and remains in active use.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Religious sites
Masjid Jamae
Chinatown
Masjid Jamae is a mosque on South Bridge Road in Singapore's Chinatown, built from 1826 by Tamil Muslim traders and gazetted as a National Monument in 1974.
Museums & galleries
Chinatown Heritage Centre
Chinatown
The Chinatown Heritage Centre occupies three restored shophouses on Pagoda Street in Singapore and reconstructs the interiors of the cubicle dwellings in which early migrants lived.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Markets
Chinatown Complex
Chinatown
Chinatown Complex on Smith Street in Singapore holds the country's largest hawker centre, with more than two hundred stalls above a wet market.
Religious sites
Thian Hock Keng Temple
Chinatown
Thian Hock Keng Temple is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Religious sites
Al-Abrar Mosque
Chinatown
Al-Abrar Mosque is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Civic & heritage
Nagore Durgha Shrine
Chinatown
Nagore Durgha Shrine is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Markets
Tanjong Pagar Plaza Block 6 (Block 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre)
Chinatown
Tanjong Pagar Plaza Block 6 (Block 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre) is a wet market and hawker centre in Outram, Singapore with 52 cooked food stalls and 108 market stalls, run by the National Environment Agency. The agency describes it: "Located near the Tanjong Pagar Plaza, the hawker centre serves some of the locals' favourite dishes such as Hainanese Chicken Rice, Curry Fish Head and Seafood Soup. Built in 1977, the centre has 52 cooked food stalls and 108 market stalls to serve the needs of the patrons."
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Civic & heritage
Kreta Ayer Community Club
Chinatown
Kreta Ayer Community Club is a People's Association community club in Outram, Singapore. Community clubs are the buildings through which most everyday public activity in a Singapore neighbourhood is organised, from courses and clubs to elections.
10 of 10 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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