Bedok, Singapore

Singapore

Bedok, Singapore shares 39 connections with 618 other places across 12 topics, led by government, landmarks and history. Its closest overlaps are with Singapore, Malaysia, Kallang and Tampines. After Singapore was colonised by the British in 1819, Simpang Bedok became an ethnically mixed community of Chinese and Malay peoples. The name likely comes from the Malay word for "drum", and appears on a 1604 map of Singapore by Manuel Godinho de Erédia.