RPN Kampong Rimba or Kampong Rimba National Housing Scheme ( ms, Rancangan Perumahan Negara Kampung Rimba) is a
public housing area in
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 ...
, on the northern outskirts of the 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 sm ...
. The total population was 15,658 in 2016. It is part of
Mukim Gadong 'A'
Mukim Gadong 'A' is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 34,049 in 2016.
Background
The mukim was established on 21 November 2005 with split of the former Mukim Gadong into this mukim and Mukim Gadong 'B'.
Geography
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, 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
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 ...
.
Demography
This housing area is for the general public, apart from the
Malays, it is also inhabited by a number of
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
people. A total of 251 houses are found in this area of which 45 houses are inhabited by the Chinese community while the rest are Malays. In total, this area is inhabited by 2,600 residents who mostly work with the government, in addition to the private sector. In this village, a total of 190 old age pension recipients, 98 people receiving welfare assistance, six poor people, 34 orphans and six converts.
Administration
For administrative purposes the area has since been divided into, and established as, five
village subdivisions:
All of them are villages under
Mukim Gadong 'A'
Mukim Gadong 'A' is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 34,049 in 2016.
Background
The mukim was established on 21 November 2005 with split of the former Mukim Gadong into this mukim and Mukim Gadong 'B'.
Geography
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.
Education
There are two primary and two secondary schools in the public housing area and they are all government schools. The schools include:
* Secondary:
Rimba Secondary School
Rimba Secondary School (, abbreviated as ''SMR'') is a Government School, government secondary school located in Rimba, Brunei, Rimba area on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. and
Rimba II Secondary School
Rimba II Secondary School (, abbreviated as ''SMRII'') is a government secondary school in Rimba area on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei.
Location
The school is technically located in Area 1 of Rimba National Housing ...
* Primary: Rimba I Primary School and Rimba II Primary School
The schools provide the public education for the pupils and students residing in the public housing area as well as the neighbouring
Rimba settlement.
A new secondary school is also currently built in the area which will cater for the Islamic religious education of the Arabic stream.
See also
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STKRJ Kampong Rimba
Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati (STKRJ) Kampong Rimba or STKRJ Rimba is a public housing area on the northern outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Mukim Gadong 'A', a mukim in Bru ...
*
Lambak Kanan
RPN Lambak Kanan, Kampong Perpindahan Lambak Kanan or simply Lambak Kanan is a public housing estate in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The total population was 19,833 in 2016. Establ ...
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