Kampong Keriam is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, 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 ...

. The population was 2,195 in 2016. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Keriam Mukim Keriam is a mukims of Brunei, mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 9,707 in 2016. Name The mukim is named after Kampong Keriam, one of the villages it encompasses. Geography The mukim is located in the north-east of ...

, a

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in the district.

Background

The village is claimed to be established by a certain Dusun man named who migrated with his family in the old days from the present-day

Kampong Sungai Bera A kampong (''kampung'' in Malay and Indonesian) is the term for a village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "port" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of the indigenous people, and has also been used t ...

in Belait District. The village was formerly known by the name or ; it was eventually 'standardized' in the Malay language to the present spelling "Keriam".

Geography

The village neighbours

Kampong Bukit Panggal Kampong Bukit Panggal is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, about from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 801 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Keriam, a mukim in the district. Facilities The village primary ...

to the north-east,

Kampong Luagan Dudok Kampong Luagan Dudok is a village in the north-east of Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 879 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Keriam, mukim in the district. Geography The village neighbours Kampong Bukit Panggal to th ...

to the east,

Kampong Panchor Papan Kampong Panchor Papan (Malay for ''Panchor Papan Village'') is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, within the mukim of Pekan Tutong. The postcode A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world ...

to the south-west, and

Kampong Tanah Burok A kampong (''kampung'' in Malay and Indonesian) is the term for a village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "port" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of the indigenous people, and has also been used t ...

and

Kampong Penanjong Kampong Penanjong is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 2,065 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Pekan Tutong, a mukim in the district. Facilities Penanjon ...

to the north-west. It is one of the settlements along

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, a primary road which connects the district town

to the capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

Facilities

Access to the village is through

via

from the east and

from the west. Keriam Primary School is the village primary school and it was established in 1938. It also shares grounds with Keriam Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education. The village has a (equivalent to community hall) and it was built in 1954. Kampong Keriam Mosque is the village mosque; it was completed in 1991 and can accommodate 300 worshippers.

References

Keriam Kampong Keriam is a Villages of Brunei, village in Tutong District, Brunei, about from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 2,195 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Keriam, a Mukims of Brunei, mukim in the district. ...

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