RPN Kampong Mentiri ( ms, Rancangan Perumahan Negara Kampung Mentiri) is a
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 ...
near the village
Kampong Mentiri
Kampong Mentiri () or simply known as Mentiri, is a village in the north-east of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It has an area of ; the population was 1,215 in 2016.
Name
The village is named after Mentiri, an obscure and unusual tree. The ...
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 ...
.
Administration
For administrative purposes the area has been divided into, and established as, two
village subdivisions:
Both are villages within
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 ...
.
Infrastructure
Schools
*
Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Secondary School
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Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several provinces in Indonesia regul ...
, which provides secondary education for the residents of the mukim of Mentiri
* Dato Mohd Yassin Primary School
* Dato Mohd Yassin Religious School
Mosque
Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque
Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque () is a mosque in Tutong, the town of Tutong District in Brunei. The mosque was opened in 1966; it can accommodate 1,000 worshippers at one time.
History
The construction of the mosque officially began on 17 April 19 ...
was opened in 2017 and it replaces the former Kampong Mentiri National Housing Scheme Mosque which was destroyed in a fire.
The mosque was inaugurated by
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...
, the Sultan of Brunei; it can accommodate 3,000 worshippers.
See also
*
Public housing in Brunei 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 ...
References
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