Kampong Katok 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 ...

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

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 ...

. The population was 2,079 in 2016. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Gadong 'A' Mukim Gadong 'A' is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 34,049 in 2016. Background The mukim was established on 21 November 2005 with split of the former Mukim Gadong into this mukim and Mukim Gadong 'B'. Geography ...

. The

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is BE2319.

Geography

The village is located on the outskirts of the municipal area of the country's capital

, and about from its

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. As a village subdivision, it borders

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 ...

and STKRJ Katok 'A' to the north,

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' Housi ...

to the north-east,

Kampong Mata-Mata Kampong Mata-Mata () or commonly known as Mata-Mata, is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, and a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 6,126 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Gadong 'B'. Th ...

to the east and south, Area 2 of STKRJ Mata-Mata to the south, Kampong Tanjong Bunut to the south-west,

Kampong Selayun Kampong Selayun is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 1,875 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Sengkurong. The village is under the responsibility of the village head () of Kampong Sengkurong 'B'. It has ...

to the west, and

Kampong Peninjau Kampong Peninjau, also known as Kampong Jerudong 'B', is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 3,418 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Sengkurong. The postcode A postal code (also known locally in vari ...

to the north-west.

Administration

Kampong Katok shares a

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() with the neighbouring village

Address

The location address for the

public housing estates Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authorities, government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the d ...

STKRJ Katok 'A' and

STKRJ Katok 'B' STKRJ Katok 'B' or Kampong Katok 'B', also known as STKRJ Mata-Mata, is a public housing estate in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, about from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The total population was 6,108 in 2016. It is one of the est ...

, as well as the schools Katok Secondary School and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha Girls' Arabic Religious Secondary School which are located in STKRJ Katok 'B', is often regarded as located in the village, even though they are not within the village boundary. The aforementioned public housing estates are designated as separate village subdivisions.

References

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