Mukim Labu is 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 ...

Temburong District Temburong District ( ms, Daerah Temburong; Jawi: دائيره تمبوروڠ) or simply Temburong () is the easternmost district in Brunei. It is an exclave — the land is separated from the rest of the country by Malaysia and Brunei Bay, an ...

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 ...

. It has an area of ; the population was 590 in 2016.

Geography

The mukim is located in the north of

, bordering

Brunei Bay Brunei Bay ( ms, Teluk Brunei) is on the northwestern coast of Borneo island, in Brunei and Malaysia. Brunei Bay is located 5°00'43.44", 115°17'26.66"; east of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It is the ocean gateway to the isolated Temburong Dis ...

to the north,

Lawas District The Lawas District is one of the two districts of Limbang Division, Malaysia. The major town is Lawas. The district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 46,200. Lawas is divided into Sundar Sub-District and T ...

in the Malaysian state of

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

to the east,

Mukim Batu Apoi Mukim Batu Apoi is a mukim in Temburong District, Brunei. It has an area of ; as of 2016, the population was 1,635. Name The mukim is named after Kampong Batu Apoi, one of the villages it encompasses. Geography The mukim is located in th ...

to the south,

Mukim Bangar Mukim Bangar is a mukim in Temburong District, Brunei. It has a total area of ; the population was 2,449 in 2016. The mukim encompasses Bangar, the district's sole town and administrative centre. Name The mukim is named after the town Bang ...

to the south-west and the Malaysian

Limbang District The Limbang District is one of the two districts of Limbang Division, Malaysia. It has a total area of 3,978.10 square kilometres. The major town is Limbang. It has one sub-district, which is Nanga Medamit Sub-District. It borders Brunei Dar ...

to the west. Mukim Labu contains several islands: Pulau Selirong, Pulau Selanjak, Pulau Siarau and Pulau Pituat.

Demographics

As of

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, the population was 590 with males and females. The mukim had 124 households occupying 121 dwellings. The entire population lived in rural areas.

Villages

As of 2016, the mukim comprised the following census villages:

Facilities

Schools

The government primary schools in the mukim include: * Labu Estate Primary School * Piasau-Piasau Primary School Meanwhile, the government schools for the country's Islamic religious primary education include: * Labu Estate Religious School * Piasau-Piasau Religious School The mukim is the planned home for the permanent campus of

Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University ( Malay: ''Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali''; abbreviated UNISSA; Arabic: جامعة السّلطان الشّريف عليّ الإسلاميّة) is Brunei's second university. It was established in 2007 a ...

(UNISSA), the country's primary Islamic university, by the royal command of

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...

. At present, the university's temporary campus is located in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

Mosques

* Kampong Labu Estate Mosque — inaugurated on 18 October 1982; it can accommodate 200 worshippers. *

Border crossing

A road border crossing into

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

is located in this mukim, along the road between Bangar and Lawas. Called the Labu checkpoint, the crossing is located at the

Brunei–Malaysia border The Brunei–Malaysia border divides the territory of Brunei and Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It consists of a land border and substantial lengths of maritime borders stretching from the coastline of the two countries to the edge of the ...

east of Bangar. The Malaysian checkpoint is called Mengkalap. Before the new immigration, customs and quarantine checkpoint complex at the border was completed, the Mengkalap immigration checkpoint operated out of a shoplot in Trusan Bazaar, about 8 km from the border towards Lawas.

References

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