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Tungku Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme Area 2
STKRJ Tungku Area 2 is a public housing estate and village within Mukim Gadong 'A' in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 1,862 in 2016. The postcode is BE2519. It is one of the estates for the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme (, STKRJ), the public housing programme for the country's indigenous citizens (). Geography The estate is located on the outskirts of the municipal area of Bandar Seri Begawan, the country's capital, and about from its city centre A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms exist in other languages, such as "" in Fren .... As a village subdivision, it borders Kampong Tungku to the north, south and west, and STKRJ Kampong Rimba to the east. It is one of the STKRJ estates named after the nearby village Kampong Tungku. See also * STKRJ Tungku Area 1 * Kamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Housing Estates In Brunei
This is a list of public housing estates in Brunei. The list consists of housing estates under the current government housing programmes of the National Housing Scheme (), including the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme (), as well as the former National Resettlement Scheme (). The housing estates may be part of village subdivisions, the third-level subdivisions of Brunei, but many of them have large enough population and hence are designated as separate villages; a few may even very large population that they are divided into few village subdivisions. {, class="wikitable sortable" , +Public housing estates in Brunei !Estate !Area !Village subdivision !District , - , rowspan="7" , of Berakas , rowspan="7" , Berakas , Anggerek Desa , rowspan="38" , Brunei-Muara , - , Burong Pingai Berakas , - , Pancha Delima , - , Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu , - , Jaya Bakti , - , Jaya Setia , - , Orang Kaya Besar Imas , - , of Bunut , Bunut , Bunut Perpindahan , - , Lugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunei Postal Services Department
The Brunei Postal Services Department () is a government department which is responsible for providing postal service in Brunei. Retrieved 26 March 2010. History Since 1984 the department has been under the control of the Ministry of Communications. Brunei has been a member of the Universal Postal Union since 15 January 1985. See also *Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Brunei. Brunei is located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Its coastline with the South China Sea is the only portion that is not bounded by another country ... References External links Brunei Post official website. Postal organizations Postal system of Brunei Postal Services Department Philately of Brunei {{Postal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STKRJ Tungku Area 1
STKRJ Tungku Area 1 is a public housing estate and village within Mukim Gadong 'A' in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 1,332 in 2016. The postcode is BE2519. It is one of the estates for the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme (, STKRJ), the public housing programme for the country's indigenous citizens (). Geography The estate is located on the outskirts of the municipal area of Bandar Seri Begawan, the country's capital, and about from its city centre. As a village subdivision, it borders Kampong Rimba to the north and east, Kampong Mata-Mata to the south, Kampong Katok to the west and Kampong Tungku to the north-west. It is one of the STKRJ estates named after the nearby village Kampong Tungku. See also * STKRJ Tungku Area 2 * Kampong Tungku * STKRJ Kampong Katok 'A' STKRJ Kampong Katok 'A', also known as STKRJ Kampong Tungku Area 3, is a public housing estate and designated village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is located about fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STKRJ Kampong Rimba
Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati (STKRJ) Kampong Rimba or STKRJ Rimba is a public housing area on the northern outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Mukim Gadong 'A', a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. It has an area of ; the population was 5,023 in 2016. Demography The housing area has a population of 6,800 people. There are 560 houses under the scheme, consisting of 61 Class B houses, 154 Class C houses, 97 Class D houses, 50 Class E houses, 87 houses in Expo 99 and 111 houses in Semi-detached houses. Infrastructure This village has access to basic facilities such as electricity supply, roads, water supply and telephone booths. The public facilities that were established are the Public Service Institute, the Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Muta-Wakkilah Hayatul Bolkiah Health Center, the ABDB Military Camp and the Military Police Camp (storage) and the Holticultur Business Center. In the religious field, the Muslim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampong Tungku
Kampong Tungku is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, about from the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 1,689 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Gadong 'A'. The postcode is BE2119. Geography The village is located on the outskirts of the municipal area of the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan, and about from its city centre. As a village subdivision, it borders Kampong Rimba to the north-east; Area 1 and Area 5 of RPN Kampong Rimba, and STKRJ Kampong Rimba to the east; Area 1 and Area 2 of STKRJ Kampong Tungku to the south-east; Kampong Katok and STKRJ Kampong Katok 'A' to the south; and Kampong Peninjau to the west. It also borders the South China Sea to the north. Administration Kampong Tungku shares a village head () with the neighbouring village Kampong Katok. Infrastructures Roads Road access to the village is served by Jalan Tungku from the south-east, and Jalan Rakyat Jati Rimba and the Tungku–Jerudong Highway from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusat Bandar, Brunei
Pusat Bandar (Malay for 'City Centre') is the city centre of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is home to a number of national landmarks, important government offices, and commercial and financial establishments. Administration The city centre is part of the municipal area of the capital. It is also one of the administrative villages within Mukim Kianggeh, a mukim of Brunei-Muara District, with a population of 204 in 2016. It has the postcode BA8611. Places The city centre is home to several sites with historical and cultural significance, including: * Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, one of the two state mosques of Brunei * , a square where Brunei's independence from the British was proclaimed in 1984 * Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Complex, a landmark commercial centre which overlooks Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque * Main Post Office () * Lapau, a royal ceremonial hall. It was where the Constitution of Brunei was promulgated in 1959, as well as Hassanal Bolkia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB; Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان; ) is the capital city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei-Muara District, the smallest yet most populous district which is home to over 70 per cent of the country's population. It is the country's largest urban centre and nominally the country's only city. The capital is home to Brunei's seat of government, as well as a commercial and cultural centre. It was formerly known as Brunei Town until it was renamed in 1970 in honour of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei and the father of the current Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The history of Bandar Seri Begawan can be traced back to the establishment of a Malay stilt settlement on the waters of the Brunei River which became the predecessor of Kampong Ayer today. It became the capital of the Bruneian Sultanate from the 16th century onwards, as well as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Brunei
Municipalities in Brunei are settlements which have been incorporated by the government to run as municipalities. They are independent from the hierarchy of the country's subdivisions but nevertheless overlap with mukims and villages, the second- and third-level administrative divisions of Brunei. The governing body of a municipality is municipal department () which is a government department under the Ministry of Home Affairs; the head is a chairman (, officially ) which is equivalent to mayor. List There are four settlements in Brunei which have municipal status, namely Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei; Kuala Belait, a town and capital of Belait District; Seria, a town also in Belait District; and Tutong, the town of Tutong District. Although Muara in Brunei-Muara District and Bangar, the capital of Temburong District, are officially known in Malay as and (literally 'Muara Town' and 'Bangar Town Bangar is the town of the Bruneian district of Temburong, an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Peoples Of Brunei
The indigenous peoples of Brunei are Bruneian people who belong to the ethnic groups considered indigenous to the country. It is more commonly attributed to indigenous people of the Malay race belonging to the seven ethnic groups, namely: Brunei, Tutong, Belait, Dusun, Murut, Kedayan and Bisaya. The local term refers to citizens of indigenous descent, in particular the aforementioned seven ethnic groups. The term has also been sometimes used to refer to the indigenous peoples. Definition According to the Brunei Nationality Act, the indigenous people of Brunei are mainly classified into Malays and non-Malays. Indigenous Malays comprise the following ethnic groups: * Brunei * Tutong * Belait * Dusun * Murut * Kedayan * Bisaya Meanwhile the indigenous people other than the Malays are defined in the First Schedule of the Act to comprise the following ethnic groups: * Bukitans * Dayaks (sea) * Dayaks (land) * Kelabits * Kayans * Kenyahs (including Sabups and Sipengs) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme
Public housing in Brunei comprises government development programmes which aim to provide ownership of land or homes to the citizens of Brunei. They are managed by the Housing Development Department (), a government department under the Ministry of Development. There has been three main public housing programmes in the country, namely the National Housing Scheme (), the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme () and the National Resettlement Scheme (). History Public housing was first initiated in the 1950s by the government in the form of mass resettlement programmes for the residents of Kampong Ayer, the stilt settlement on the Brunei River. In that decade there were cholera and smallpox epidemics which greatly affected the residents; at that time more residents settled along the banks than the middle of the river and hence more prone to the diseases. Therefore, the initial aim of the housing programme was to relocate the residents to places on land which are less susceptib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postcodes In Brunei
Postal codes in Brunei are known as postcodes () and they are alphanumeric, consisting of two letters followed by four digits. Postcodes in Brunei are issued by the Postal Services Department, a government department under the Ministry of Communications. Formatting A Bruneian postcode has six characters, consisting of two uppercase letters and immediately followed by four digits. Examples of postcodes are "BB3713" which represents the postcode area Anggerek Desa; "KB4533" which represents Panaga; and "BA2110" which represents ''Jabatan Hal Ehwal Masjid'' or the Department of Mosque Affairs. Allocation The components of a postcode comprises four types of codes representing districts, mukims (subdistricts), villages and post offices. Districts The first letter denotes the district code, which corresponds to the districts () of Brunei. Mukims The second letter denotes the mukim code, corresponding directly to the mukims or subdistricts of Brunei, the country's second-lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages Of Brunei
A village ( or ) is the third and lowest administrative division of Brunei. It is headed by a village head (). Several villages are grouped together to form a mukim. A village is generally the traditional rural settlement, in particular in the sense of a kampong or Malay traditional village, but it may also be an urbanised settlement within or near the capital city or a town, or part of the public housing estates. The population varies from hundreds to a few thousands. Administration Villages are administered under the district office of the district where they belong. A village is headed by a village head (). It is an elected position, whereby the populace nominates candidates to the district office and votes among the approved nominees. The nominee may be of an age between 30 and 55 years old. The elected person shall be in office for up to ten years. A village may also have a Village Consultative Council (), the local equivalent of community association. A key outcome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
