Mukim Rambai 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 ...
in
Tutong District,
Brunei. The population was 1,404 in 2016.
Geography
The mukim is located in the southern part of
Tutong District, bordering
Mukim Lamunin
Mukim Lamunin is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 4,298 in 2016.
Name
The mukim could be named after a village it encompasses, Kampong Lamunin. Lat and Munin made up the word Lamunin. Evidently, Lat and Munin both refer ...
to the north, the
Malaysian state of
Sarawak to the east and south,
Mukim Sukang and
Mukim Bukit Sawat in
Belait District to the south-west and west respectively, and
Mukim Ukong
Mukim Ukong is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 2,272 in 2016.
Name
The mukim is named after Kampong Ukong, one of the villages it encompasses.
Geography
The mukim is located in the south-west of Tutong District, bo ...
to the north-west.
Demographics
As of
2016 census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
,
the population was 1,404 with males and females. The mukim had 250 households occupying 248 dwellings. The entire population lived in
rural areas.
Villages
As of 2016, Mukim Rambai comprised the following census
villages:
Infrastructures
The local primary schools include Rambai Primary School and Benutan Primary School. Each school also houses a , school for the country's
Islamic religious primary education.
Kampong Benutan Mosque is the sole mosque in the mukim. It was built in 1996 and can accommodate 200 worshippers.
Notable places
The following places are located within the mukim's administrative boundaries:
*
Tasek Merimbun, the largest natural lake in the country
*
Benutan Dam
The Benutan Dam, also spelled Binutan, is an embankment dam on the Benutan River in Tutong District, Brunei. The dam was completed in 1988 with the primary purpose of increasing water supply to the capital of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan. It has a ...
*
Ulu Tutong Dam
References
Rambai
Tutong District
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