Kampong Birau 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 the north-east of
Tutong District
Tutong District (; Jawi: دائيره توتوڠ) or simply Tutong is one of the four districts of Brunei. It has an area of ; the population was 48,313 in 2016. The administrative town is Pekan Tutong. It is home to Tasek Merimbun, the count ...
,
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 ...
, about from the district town
Pekan Tutong
Tutong or officially known as Tutong Town ( ms, Pekan Tutong) is a municipality town in Mukim Pekan Tutong Tutong District, Brunei. It is located about from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan.
Governance
It is officially a Municipa ...
. It has an area of ;
the population was 989 in 2016.
It is one of the villages within
Mukim Kiudang
Mukim Kiudang is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 5,924 in 2016.
Geography
The mukim is located in the eastern part of Tutong District, bordering Mukim Keriam to the north, Mukim Pengkalan Batu (in Brunei-Muara District ...
, a
mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: (meaning ''resident''). The clo ...
in the district.
Facilities
Birau Primary School is the village primary school; it was inaugurated on 15 February 1955.
It also shares grounds with Birau Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's
Islamic religious education.
Kampong Birau Mosque is the village mosque; it was established on 18 January 1963.
The current building was inaugurated on 2 August 1991 by the then
Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah.
It can accommodate 300 worshippers.
References
Birau
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