Kampong Tanah Jambu is a
village
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in the north-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
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. The population was 8,809 in 2016.
It encompasses the original village settlement, as well as the
public housing areas STKRJ Kampong Tanah Jambu and RPN Kampong Tanah Jambu.
Name
The village is named after ''jambu'' (
guava
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) tree.
Geography
Kampong Tanah Jambu is one of the villages in
Mukim Mentiri
Mukim Mentiri is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 30,192 in 2016.
Name
The mukim is named after Kampong Mentiri, one of the villages it encompasses.
Geography
The mukim is located in the north-east of the dist ...
, 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 Brunei-Muara District. It is one of the villages along
Jalan Muara
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, a road which links
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 ...
to
Muara town.
Facilities
Mosque
Kampong Tanah Jambu Mosque is the village mosque; it was inaugurated on 7 December 1979 and can accommodate 600 worshippers.
References
Villages in Brunei-Muara District
Public housing estates in Brunei
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