Kampong Kiarong 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 ...

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, w ...

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, 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 surrounded by t ...

, as well as a

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in the country's 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 s ...

. It has an area of ; the population was 4,530 in 2016. The village is home to Jame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah, one of the two state mosques of Brunei.

Geography

The village is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District, and about from Bandar Seri Begawan's city centre. The village is home to Kiarong Roundabout in which the primary roads

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Highway Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Highway ( ms, Lebuhraya Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; Jawi: ليبوهراي سلطان حسنال بولكيه) is a major highway in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It is named after the current Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hass ...

, Jalan Jame' 'Asr and Jalan Pasar Gadong (or Jalan Pasar Baharu) converge.

Administration

Kampong Kiarong is one of the villages within

Mukim Gadong 'B' Mukim Gadong 'B' is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. Brunei. The population was 33,637 in 2016. Background The mukim was established on 21 November 2005 with split of the former Mukim Gadong into this mukim and Mukim Gadong 'A'. Geography ...

, a mukim in the district. It is also part of the municipal area of Bandar Seri Begawan. The village has the postcode BE1318.

Education

Dato Ratna Haji Mohammad Jaafar Primary School is the village's government primary school. It was established on 14 February 1965, initially known as ("Kiarong Malay School") and was housed in a temporary building. In 1985, the construction of the permanent building was completed and the school then became known as Kiarong Primary School (). The school absorbed the students from three former primary schools, namely , and . It finally adopted its current name on 20 October 2010 on the royal consent of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. It was named in honour of the first

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Mukim Gadong 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 cl ...

who had made significant contribution to the local community. The school also shares grounds with Dato Ratna Haji Mohamed Ja'afar Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. The following educational institutions are located within the village's administrative boundary: * Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (, UNISSA) * The Business Campus of the

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(IBTE) *

Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College (, abbreviated as ''MDPMAMB''; colloquially known as or simply ''MD'') is a sixth form school located in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Established in 1974, it is the first sixth form college in the ...

(, MDPMAMB), a

sixth form college A sixth form college is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Di ...

Business

The village is home to several office and retail complexes which contribute to the commercial activity of Bandar Seri Begawan and Brunei-Muara District in general. They are mainly clustered in two areas: the first is located near the residential area and Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, and the other adjacent to

Kiulap Kampong Kiulap is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood and commercial area in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. It has an area of ; the population was 3,400 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Gadong ...

and Gadong commercial areas. Gadong Wet Market, a primary

wet market A wet market (also called a public market or a traditional market) is a marketplace selling fresh foods such as meat, fish, produce and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from " dry mark ...

in Brunei, and , a prominent

night market Night markets or night bazaars are street markets which operate at night and are generally dedicated to more leisurely strolling, shopping, and eating than more businesslike day markets. They are typically open-air markets popular in East Asia, So ...

, are located within the village's administrative boundary.

References

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