Mukim Lumapas 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 ...

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 ...

. It has an area of ; the population was 7,756 in 2016.

Name

The mukim is named after Kampong Lumapas, one of the

villages 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 ...

it encompasses.

Geography

The mukim is located in the south of the district, bordering the mukims within

Kampong Ayer Kampong Ayer is a prominent traditional settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It comprises neighbourhoods of traditional houses, schools and mosques built on stilts above the Brunei River near the capital's city centre. It ha ...

and

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to the north,

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to the north and east,

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to the east and south,

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to the west and

Mukim Kilanas Mukim Kilanas is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 22,492 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the southwestern part of the district, bordering Mukim Gadong 'B' and Mukim Kianggeh to the north-east, Mukim ...

to the west and north.

Demographics

As of 2016 census, the population was 7,756 with males and females. The mukim had 1,208 households occupying 1,187 dwellings. Among the population, lived in

urban areas An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

, while the remainder of lived in

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Villages

As of 2016, the mukim comprised the following census

Infrastructures

As of 2004, the mukim had three primary schools, three secondary schools, four mosques, a post office and four police posts.

Public housing

STKRJ Kampong Lumapas is the sole

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

within the mukim.

Schools

Sayyidina Umar Al-Khattab Secondary School (SMSUA), located in Kampong Lupak Luas, was opened in 1994 and inaugurated on 6 August 1996. As of 2004, it had 1,208 students and 105 teachers. It was named after

Umar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

, a prominent figure in the Islamic tradition who was a companion of prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

as well as a

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Other locations

Other locations within the mukim include: *

Jong Batu Jong Batu is a rock outcrop located in the Brunei River.Brunei River The Brunei River ( ms, Sungai Brunei) is a river which flows through Brunei and empties into the Brunei Bay towards the north-east direction. The Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, stands on its banks. The Brun ...

Notes

References

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