The Tutong River ( ms, Sungai Tutong) is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in
Tutong District
Tutong District (; Jawi: دائيره توتوڠ) or simply Tutong is one of the four districts of Brunei. It has an area of ; the population was 48,313 in 2016. The administrative town is Pekan Tutong. It is home to Tasek Merimbun, the count ...
,
Brunei
Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, 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 surrounded by t ...
. It is the second longest of the four main rivers in the country.
Sites
Tutong Town is one of the largest human settlements in the district in which the river passes through, and it has a small commercial jetty used by locals. At the mouth of the river, it links up with
Sungai Danau which also has its own former jetty in
Kampong Danau. Several more
kampongs such as
Lubok Pulau, Nyanyag,
Tanjong Maya
Kampong Tanjong Maya is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, about from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 488 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Tanjong Maya, a mukim in the district.
Facilities
Abdul Rashid ...
,
Layong and
Rambai also lies upstream of the river.
Some of Brunei's historical sites are located along the river banks, including:
* Kuala Tutong old ferry jetty, used significantly especially in the 1950s, to get across from Danau to Tutong.
* Kuala Tutong Mosque, built in 1993.
*
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 ...
, built in 1966.
* Istana Pantai, an
istana ''Istana'' is an Indonesian language, Indonesian and Malay language, Malay word meaning "palace".
Notable Istanas
*Istana Alam Shah, the official palace of the Sultan of Selangor
*Istana Besar, 19th- and early 20th-century residence of the Sultan o ...
built in 1950.
Several islands located within the river included Bakuku, Setawat and Tanjong Maya. The river ends at the Laden Hill Forest Reserve.
See also
*
List of rivers of Brunei
This is a list of rivers in Brunei.
Longest river by district
Rivers by district
Belait
* ''Belait River, Belait''
*''Geriting River, Geriting''
*''Gana River, Gana''
*''Lumut River, Lumut''
*''Kang River, Kang''
*''Liang Kecil River, L ...
*
Tutong Town
References
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Rivers of Brunei