Kampong Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is a

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, and a

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in the capital

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. The population was 2,354 in 2016. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Berakas 'A' Mukim Berakas 'A' is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 27,223 in 2016. Background The mukim and Mukim Berakas 'B' were originally one mukim by the name 'Mukim Berakas' before being split into the current divisions i ...

. The

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is BB5113.

Name

Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu (or Delima Satu Pengiran Siraja Muda) is the primary name for this neighbourhood. It is composed from the merger of two names, 'Pengiran Siraja Muda' and 'Delima Satu'. However, the shorter two names are still commonly used to refer to the place. 'Pengiran Siraja Muda' is named after the initial residents which emigrated from Bakut Pengiran Siraja Muda, a neighbourhood in the riverine settlement of

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 ...

. Meanwhile, 'Delima Satu' comes from the Malay term which translates as 'Delima One' and means area one of Delima settlement. The settlement area, which also included Pancha Delima, is named after or

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that had been grown in the backyard of Awang Sugut bin Mahat's home, who eventually became the first village head for the settlement.

History

The current neighbourhood was established in the 1950s as a or resettlement estate under the

National Resettlement Scheme Public housing in Brunei comprises government development programmes which aim to provide ownership of land or homes to the citizens of Brunei. They are managed by the Housing Development Department (), a government department under the Ministry of ...

(), a government programme that encouraged the residents of

to resettle on land. The residents that had resettled in the area originally came from Bakut Pengiran Siraja Muda neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer (hence the name 'Pengiran Siraja Muda'); each family was given a piece of land as the incentive to built a new home and also develop agriculturally as new means to sustain livelihood.

Administration

In 2007, the village has also been incorporated as part of the expanded Bandar Seri Begawan municipal area, hence becomes a neighbourhood of the capital.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu Neighbourhoods in Bandar Seri Begawan Villages in Brunei-Muara District Public housing estates in Brunei

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