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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.

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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.

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