Sungai Tujoh ( Abbrev: '), is the westernmost point of

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 is located in the Belait

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.Poskod Baru Daerah Belait
- Retrieved 22 May 2007 Sungai Tujoh is a Bruneian territory lies along the Malaysian-Bruneian border. Each country constructed their own immigration complex within their respective territories. The Malaysian side constructed Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex at Kuala Baram near the border while Bruneian authorities set up a custom, excise and immigration post staffed by immigration officers.

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(RBPF) control post is also set up to monitor the Brunei-Malaysia border.

Etymology

The name of the area is derived from two Bruneian

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words - ''Sungai'', which means river or stream, and ''Tujoh'' or the number seven. Literally, Sungai Tujoh is translated as the ''Seventh River'' or ''Seventh Stream'' in English. Although it is sometimes referred to as ''Kampong Sungai Tujoh'', there is no permanent settlement in the area.

Location

Sungai Tujuh Milepost Checkpoint - Kompleks ICQS

Sungai Tujoh is located at the westernmost point in

, in the Belait district, It borders with Kuala Baram,

Miri District Miri District is an administrative district in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia covering a total area of 4707 km2. The Miri District can be divided into Miri City (997.43 km2), Sibuti sub-district (842.47 km2), and Niah sub-di ...

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

. The area is bounded by the border with Malaysia on the west and south side, the

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to the north and the Sungai Enam area to the east. It is one of the four land crossing points from Brunei to Sarawak and the only one in the Belait district. The other 3 are

Kuala Lurah Kampong Kuala Lurah (or simply Kuala Lurah) is a village in the south-west of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, immediately adjacent to the Brunei-Malaysia border. The population was 798 in 2016. It serves as the vehicular entry point to mainland p ...

in the Brunei-Muara district to

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and the Puni and Labu Immigration post in the

Temburong district Temburong District ( ms, Daerah Temburong; Jawi: دائيره تمبوروڠ) or simply Temburong () is the easternmost district in Brunei. It is an exclave — the land is separated from the rest of the country by Malaysia and Brunei Bay, an ...

and Terusan respectively.

History

The Sungai Tujoh area has been long claimed by the sultan of Brunei to constitute a part of the sultanate. It was divided in 1882, when the then sultan ceded the basin of the Baram to the

White Rajah The White Rajahs were a dynastic monarchy of the British Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak, located on the north west coast of the island of Borneo, from 1841 to 1946. The first ruler was Briton James Brooke. As a reward f ...

, an area of some , on condition of a perpetual annual payment of 6000 dollars. The border was delineated in 1958 by the

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who then had sovereignty over the

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of Sarawak and was responsible for the external relations of the

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of Brunei. An immigration post was built in the 1960s to control the movement of goods and people between

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and points west in Sarawak with Brunei. In 2003, ASEAN Bridge was constructed across the

Baram River The Baram River ( ms, Sungai Baram) is a river in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The river originates in the Kelabit Highlands, a watershed demarcated by the Iran Mountains of East Kalimantan, which form a natural border with Sarawak. The riv ...

, connecting the city of Miri to Malaysian ICQS complex in Sungai Tujoh. Initially, it was a toll bridge. The bridge become toll-free in 2015. The frequent traveller's card (FTC) was first implemented in 2005 at Sungai Tujoh. This enables residents from both countries to use their Mykad/Smart IC as a legal document for travel between the two countries instead of an international

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. As at December 2013 the FTC is no longer accepted.

Transport

The main roads linking the ferry crossing towards the

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n border (11 kilometers)National Development Plan
of Brunei Darussalam. Government site Retrieved 19 April 2007. and towards Rasau bridge are surfaced. There is a scheduled bus service that runs from

Kuala Belait Kuala Belait (KB; Jawi: ) is the administrative town of Belait District, Brunei. The population of the town proper was 4,259 in 2016. Kuala Belait is officially a municipal area (), as well as a village under the mukim of the same name. The t ...

and terminates at the immigration post at Sungai Tujoh.Biaramas fares from Sarawak
- Retrieved 19 April 2007 Passengers have to clear

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and

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

on foot and take a separate bus to

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Notes

{{reflist, 2 Geography of Brunei Sungai Tujoh, Kampong Brunei–Malaysia border crossings