Boon Lay is a

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situated in the

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of Singapore. It shares boundaries with the planning areas of

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to the west,

Jurong West Jurong West is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Jurong West shares Wiktionary:boundary, boundaries with Tengah, Singapore, ...

to the north,

Jurong East Jurong East is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town situated in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. It borders Jurong West and Boon Lay to the west, Clementi, Singapore, Cl ...

to the east and Jurong Strait to the south. It is important to note that the Boon Lay Planning Area is distinct from the

Boon Lay Boon Lay (, ) is a neighbourhood located in the town of Jurong West in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Its borders very roughly correspond to the URA subzone of Boon Lay Place, situated within the Jurong West Planning Area. ...

subzone, which lies within the neighbouring planning area of

. Together with adjacent

, the Boon Lay Planning Area forms part of the broader Jurong Industrial Estate.

Geography

Location

The Boon Lay Planning Area is located along the southwestern coast of the Singapore mainland and to the north of

Jurong Island Jurong Island is an island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore. It was formed from the amalgamation of seven offshore islands, the islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek ...

. Included as part of the territory of Boon Lay Planning Area is

Pulau Samulun Pulau Samulun is an offshore island in Jurong Industrial Estate, Singapore. It is separated from mainland Singapore by Selat Samulun. It is only less than a kilometre away from Singapore mainland. Formerly Jurong Shipyard’s main repair facili ...

, a minor island off Singapore's southwestern coast and connected to the mainland via Jalan Samulun.

Subzones

As defined by the

Urban Redevelopment Authority The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government, statutory board under the Ministry of National Development (Singapore), Ministry of National De ...

, Boon Lay Planning Area is officially divided into 4 subzones:

References

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