Kampong Bengkurong is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in Brunei-Muara District,

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

, on the outskirts of the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 3,583 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Kilanas. The

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is BF1920.

Name

The names

Sengkurong Kampong Sengkurong is a village in the west of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The total population was 5,003 in 2016. Name The names Sengkurong and Bengkurong have a number of different origin stories, but according to Dusun speakers, Sen ...

and Bengkurong have a number of different origin stories, but according to Dusun speakers, Sengkurong means Kurong People and Bengkurong means Kurong River. In the past, the region around Sengkurong/Bengkurong was probably known as Kurong. Kurong can also refer to an enclosure. The

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

that once ran through the area meandered, as do most rivers. It formerly meandered so much that it virtually formed a circle around the location. According to legend, this river's meandering sections once intersected and formed a circle when flooding occurred, but this circular path was interrupted because of the river's rapid flow. Geographically speaking, the circle creates an

oxbow lake An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. In South Texas, oxbows left by the Rio Grande are called '' resacas''. In Australia, oxbow lakes are call ...

that is completely cut off from the river. The name ''kurong'', which means to be contained, survived the disappearance of the cut-off portion through time.

Administration

The

village head A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town. Usage Brunei In Brunei, village head is called or in the Malay language. It is an administrative post which leads the community of a v ...

oversees the village proper, as well as the villages of Kampong Burong Lepas and Kampong Sinarubai.

Infrastructure

Bengkurong Primary School is the village primary school, whereas Pengiran Muda Abdul Malik Religious School is the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. The village mosque is Kampong Bengkurong Mosque; it was inaugurated on 26 February 1988 and can accommodate 800 worshippers.

Notable people

* Dani Ibrahim (born 1949), politician and nobleman

References

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