| Newton | |
| Settlement Type: | Planning Area |
| Translit Lang1: | Other |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Chinese |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | 纽顿 |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Pinyin |
| Translit Lang1 Info2: | Niǔdùn |
| Translit Lang1 Type3: | Malay |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | Newton |
| Translit Lang1 Type4: | Tamil |
| Translit Lang1 Info4: | நியூட்டன் |
| Pushpin Map: | Singapore |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Newton within Singapore |
| Coordinates: | 1.3072°N 103.837°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Singapore |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Region---- |
| Subdivision Type2: | CDC |
| Subdivision Name2: | |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town council |
| Subdivision Name3: |
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| Subdivision Type4: | Constituency |
| Subdivision Name4: | |
| Established Title: | DGP exhibited |
| Established Date: |
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| Established Title1: | PA incorporated |
| Established Date1: |
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| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Central Singapore CDC
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| Leader Title1: | Members of Parliament |
| Leader Name1: | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
| Area Rank: | 46th |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.07 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 8,030 |
| Population Rank: | 31st |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Rank: | 30th |
| Population Demonym: | Official
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| Postal Code Type: | Postal district |
| Postal Code: | 9 |
Newton is a town that is located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area is bounded by the following planning areas - Orchard and Museum to the south, Tanglin to the west, Novena to the north, Kallang to the northeast and Rochor to the east.
Newton's namesake Newton Road, however, is located within Novena Planning Area, and starts at Newton Circus in the south and ends at the junction with Thomson Road in the north.
Occupying an area north of the renowned Orchard Road shopping belt, the territory of Newton Planning Area includes the grounds of The Istana, the official residence and office of the President of Singapore.
Originally Syed Ali Road, Newton Road was renamed in 1914 after Alfred Howard Vincent Newton (died 1897), the Assistant Municipal Engineer in late nineteenth century Singapore[4] in order to avoid confusion with Syed Alwi Road.
In 1933, Newton Circus, a 40feet wide circular carriageway, was constructed for gyratory traffic according to a Singapore Improvement Trust layout at the focus of a number of converging roads, including Bukit Timah Road, Dunearn Road, Newton Road, Keng Lee Road, Kampong Java Road, Bukit Timah Road, Clemenceau Avenue and Scotts Road. As eight roads converge on the Circus, the Tamils used to call Newton ethumuchandi, or "the eight junction place".
Newton Circus has become the site of a major hawker centre, Newton Food Centre.