Bukit Timah

Bukit Timah, often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Central Business District, bordering the Central Water Catchment to the north, Bukit Panjang to the northwest, Queenstown to the south, Tanglin to the southeast, Clementi to the southwest, Novena to the east and Bukit Batok to the west.

This article is about the area that is located in the Central Region of Singapore. For the hill that the area was named after, see Bukit Timah Hill. For other, see Bukit Timah (disambiguation).

Bukit Timah
Planning Area and HDB Estate
Other transcription(s)
 • MalayBukit Timah (Rumi)
بوکيت تيمه‎ (Jawi)
 • Chinese武吉知马 (Simplified)
武吉知馬 (Traditional)
Wǔjí Zhīmǎ (Pinyin)
Bú-kit Ti-má (Hokkien POJ)
 • Tamilபுக்கிட் திமா
Pukkiṭ timā (Transliteration)
From top left to right: National Junior College, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building, Aerial view of the Bukit Timah portion of Holland Village, former Bukit Timah railway station
Location of Bukit Timah in Singapore
Location in Central Region
Bukit Timah
   Bukit Timah in    Singapore
Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah (Asia)
Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah (Earth)
Coordinates: 1°19′45.88″N 103°48′7.48″E
Country Singapore
RegionCentral Region
CDCs
Town councils
  • Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council
  • Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council
  • Jurong-Clementi Town Council
  • Tanjong Pagar Town Council
Constituencies
Government
 • MayorsCentral Singapore CDC

North West CDC

South West CDC

  • Low Yen Ling
 • Members of ParliamentBishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Jurong GRC

  • Rahayu Mahzam
  • Shawn Huang Wei Zhong

Tanjong Pagar GRC

Area
 • Total17.53 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total77,860
 • Density4,400/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Chinese67,400
 • Malays640
 • Indians3,840
 • Others5,980
Postal districts
10, 11, 21
Dwelling units2,423

Owing to its prime location, Bukit Timah has some of the densest clusters of luxury condominiums and landed property in the city, with very few public housing.

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