Kampong Junjongan () also Kampong Junjungan or simply Junjongan, 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 south-east of

Brunei-Muara District Brunei-Muara District ( ms, Daerah Brunei dan Muara; Jawi: برونائی-موارا ضلع) or simply Brunei-Muara is one of the four districts of Brunei. It has the smallest area among the four districts, with , yet is the most populous, wi ...

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 capital of Brunei,

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 sm ...

. According to 2016 records, the population was 2,006. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Pengkalan Batu Mukim Pengkalan Batu (also Mukim Pangkalan Batu) is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 14,492 in 2016. Name The mukim is named after Kampong Pengkalan Batu, one of the villages it encompasses. Geography The mukim ...

. The

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is BH2123.

Name

The village was originally called Kampong Lampaki. Lampaki is a type of

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...

. Later, the name of this village was changed to Kampong Junjongan because in the past it was often visited and became the focus of traders. According to folktales, these people move from town to village to earn a living. At that time, the

barter system In trade, barter (derived from ''baretor'') is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. Economists distingu ...

was still practiced;

salted fish Salted fish, such as kippered herring or dried and salted cod, is fish cured with dry salt and thus preserved for later eating. Drying or salting, either with dry salt or with brine, was the only widely available method of preserving fish unt ...

is exchanged for

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

s. In addition, the name of this village is taken in conjunction with the good quarter from the words ''disanpat'', ''dijungung'' which means to be looked up to and respected.

History

Around the 1930s, this village was only inhabited by approximately 30 people with only 13 houses built. At that time, the spirit of cooperation was very strong among the villagers.

Economy

The villagers worked on a

coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family ( Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the ...

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

scheme that started in 1975. At this time, a total of 63 people were given one lot each which is two acres of land each to be developed for the plant scheme. Whereas in 2000, Koperasi BAKA was established until now working on a local

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planted on 73 hectares of land by 128 members of the village. With the

fertile soil Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent yields of high quality.

, this village also farms local

s such as

durian The durian (, ) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus ''Durio''. There are 30 recognised ''Durio'' species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. ''Durio zibethinus'', native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the onl ...

rambutan Rambutan (; taxonomic name: ''Nephelium lappaceum'') is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae. The name also refers to the edible fruit produced by this tree. The rambutan is native to Southeast Asia. It is closely related to s ...

pulasan ''Nephelium ramboutan-ake'', the pulasan, is a tropical fruit in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is closely related to the rambutan and sometimes confused with it. Other related soapberry family fruits include lychee and longan. Usually ...

, kembayau,

binjai Binjai (English: or , Jawi: ), formally Kota Binjai (Binjai City), is an independent city in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia, bordered by Deli Serdang Regency to the east and Langkat Regency to the west. Binjai is connected to Medan (th ...

and belunu. The Tar Handicraft Entrepreneur ( Hadrah) can be classified as

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which only uses

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s and

gong A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs ...

s to accompany the singing during cultural events such as

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s, welcoming guests and so on.

Infrastructure

''Junjongan Primary School'' is the village primary school. It also shares grounds with ''Junjongan Religious School,'' the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. Kampong Junjongan Mosque was completed on 15 September 1998 on a 1.5 acre land site with an expenditure of BND$60,000. The capacity of this mosque can accommodate a total of 250 pilgrims. Among other facilities provided include water supply, electricity and schools.. ''Makam Sharif Alwi'' (Tomb of Sharif Alwi) is located near the river. According to oral history, Sharif traveled to spread

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

in the villages, he had a fight with Datu Rumbi, an invincible man. The fight took place in

Kampong Masin Kampong Masin is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, about from the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 2,891 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Pengkalan Batu. The postcode is BH2723. Geography As a subdivisi ...

and ultimately resulted in Sharif Alwi being killed and his body washed up in the Limau Manis River. He was given the title 'Raja Junjungan' for his sacrifice. The site of this tomb can still be seen as the remains of historical evidence that is also written in the Tersilah Brunei book as a reference.

References

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