Bishan ( BEE-shahn), also known as Peck San, is a planning area and residential town located at the northernmost portion of the Central Region of Singapore. Statistically, the area is ranked the 38th biggest in terms of geographical size and the 22nd most populated planning area in the country. It is located at the most central point of Singapore, and it comprises three subzones of Bishan East, Marymount and Thomson. There are also many private residential properties in Bishan. Bishan is ranked 15th in terms of population density. Apart from its boundary with the Central Water Catchment in the west, Bishan borders three other planning areas: Ang Mo Kio to the north, Toa Payoh to the south, and Serangoon to the east.
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What is now Bishan today was once land that belonged to Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng, a century old cemetery that mainly served the Cantonese and Hakka communities in Singapore. Following the establishment of the cemetery in 1870, the first human settlements began to appear in the area, forming what eventually became Kampong San Teng. During the Battle of Singapore in 1942, Peck San Theng was the site of a fierce firefight between the invading Japanese forces and the defending British. The subsequent fall of the island to the Japanese that same year eventually made Peck San Theng a place of refuge for most of the Singapore population.
From the Wikipedia article Bishan, Singapore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Bishan New Town
- Thomson0.6 km W
- Toa Payoh New Town1.6 km S
- Serangoon Garden1.8 km NE
- Serangoon New Town2.5 km E
- Kallang2.8 km SE
- Ang Mo Kio New Town3.5 km N
- Novena3.8 km S
- Yio Chu Kang4.5 km N
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