Singapore

Singapore is a city-state, so the capital is the city itself, officially just “Singapore.” There’s no “Singapore City,” and “Singa Province” doesn’t exist; “Singapura” is the Malay name meaning “Lion City.” Founded as a British trading post in 1819 and independent since 1965, modern Singapore’s government institutions cluster in the Downtown Core (near Parliament House and the Istana). Memory tip: When a country is a city‑state—like Singapore, Monaco, and Vatican City—the country and its capital share the same name.