Punggol

1°23′53.8″N 103°54′32.3″E / 1.398278°N 103.908972°E / 1.398278; 103.908972

Punggol
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	榜鹅
• Pinyin	Bǎng'é
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
Country	Singapore
Region	North-East Region
CDC	North East CDC
Town council	Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council
Constituency	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Government
• Mayor	North East CDC Desmond Choo
• Members of Parliament	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Janil Puthucheary Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling
Area [1][2]
• Total	9.57 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
• Residential	3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1][2][3]
• Total	161,570
• Density	17,000/km2 (44,000/sq mi)
Demonyms	Official Punggol resident Colloquial Punggoler Punggolian Punggolite
Postal district	19
Dwelling units	43,385
Projected ultimate	96,000

Punggol (in Chinese: 榜鹅, in Tamil: பொங்கோல்), which can also be spelt as Ponggol, is a planning area and town. It was built on the Tanjong Pungool peninsula in the North-Eastern part of Singapore. It is North of Sengkang and has a riverline border with Seletar and Pasir Ris. The Straits of Johor is North of it. Coney Island is part of Pungool.^[4][5]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Punggol (Planning Area, Singapore) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Land Area and Dwelling Units by Town". Data Singapore. 2016. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
3. ↑ "Statistics Singapore - Geographic Distribution - 2018 Latest Data". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
4. ↑ "Punggol (Planning Area, Singapore) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
5. ↑ "Punggol: Waves of Recreation". www.roots.sg. Archived from the original on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-07-26.