Punggol

Punggol, old name as Ponggol, is a planning area and new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town directly borders Sengkang to the south and shares riverine boundaries with the planning area of Seletar to the west and Pasir Ris to the east. Bounding the town to the north and north-east is the Straits of Johor, with Coney Island included as a part of the Punggol planning area.

Punggol
Other transcription(s)
  MalayPunggol (Rumi)
ڤوڠݢول (Jawi)
  Chinese榜鹅 (Simplified)
榜鵝 (Traditional)
Bǎng'é (Pinyin)
Póng-gô (Hokkien POJ)
  Tamilபொங்கோல்
Poṅkōl (Transliteration)
From top left to right: Punggol Town Centre, Flats at Edgedale Plains, Flats at Punggol Cove, Panoramic view of Greendale Secondary School, Watertown, Punggol Plaza, Punggol Waterway Park
Location of Punggol in Singapore
Punggol
Location of Punggol within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°23′53.8″N 103°54′32.3″E
Country Singapore
RegionNorth-East Region
CDC
Town council
  • Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council
Constituency
Government
  MayorNorth East CDC
  Members of ParliamentPasir Ris-Punggol GRC

Punggol West SMC

Area
  Total9.57 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
  Residential3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
  Total190,000
  Density20,000/km2 (51,000/sq mi)
Postal district
19
Dwelling units43,385
Projected ultimate96,000

Under the Punggol 21 initiative, plans to turn the area into a new residential town were announced in 1996 and development of the town started in 1998. Due to the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the financial troubles within the construction industry in 2003, the plan did not fully materialise. In 2007, a new initiative, the Punggol 21-plus plan, was introduced to redevelop the area into a waterfront town.

Punggol is divided into 11 districts: Canal, Coney Island, Crescent, Matilda, Northshore, Punggol Central, Punggol Field East, Punggol Field West, Punggol Downtown, Punggol Point and Waterway West.

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