Mukim Labi is a mukim in the interior of

Belait District Belait District (; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت), or simply Belait (), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 69,062 as of 2016. The administrative town is Kuala Belait, located at ...

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 has an area of ; the population was 1,216 in 2016.

Geography

The mukim is located in the central and south-western part of the district, bordering

Mukim Liang Mukim Liang is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. The population was 14,301 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the north of the district, bordering the South China Sea to the north, Mukim Telisai in Tutong District to the north-east ...

to the north,

Mukim Bukit Sawat Mukim Bukit Sawat is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. It had a population of 794 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the east of Belait District, bordering Mukim Telisai, Mukim Ukong and Mukim Rambai of Tutong District to the nor ...

to the north-east,

Mukim Sukang Mukim Sukang is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. The population was 169 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the interior part of Belait District. It borders Mukim Bukit Sawat to the north, Mukim Rambai of Tutong District to the no ...

to the east, the

Malaysian state The states and federal territories of Malaysia are the principal administrative divisions of Malaysia. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states (''Negeri'') and 3 federal territories (''Wilayah Persekutuan''). States and federal territories Ele ...

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a 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 Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

to the south and west and

Mukim Kuala Balai Mukim Kuala Balai is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. The population was 31 in 2016. Geography The mukim borders Mukim Seria to the north, Mukim Labi to the east and south, the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the west and Mukim Kuala Bela ...

and Mukim Seria to the north-west. It is regarded as part of ("Belait Interior"). The mukim is named after Kampong Labi, one of the villages it encompasses.

Demographics

As of 2016 census, the population was 1,216 with males and females. The mukim had 343 households occupying 325 dwellings. The entire population lived in

rural areas In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

Villages

As of 2016, the mukim comprised the following census

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

: For administrative purposes the villages above are overseen by two village heads ():

Facilities

Facilities in the mukim include: * Labi Primary School — a government primary school established in 1959 * Chung Hwa School, Labi — a private Chinese primary school established in 1946 * Labi Health Clinic — a

community health centre A healthcare center, health center, or community health center is one of a network of clinics staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses providing healthcare services to people in a certain area. Typical services covered are family pr ...

opened in 2002 and has since provided residents with mainly outpatient and dental * Labi Police Station — established in 1967 * Labi Post Office — established in 1966 Kampong Labi Mosque is the sole mosque in the mukim. It is located about from the district town

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 was inaugurated on 22 June 1979; it can accommodate 200 worshippers.

Agriculture

The mukim is home to Lot Sengkuang, one of the important rice cultivation area in the country. It was established in 1962, initially on a land. A total of has been dedicated for the purpose of increasing local rice cultivation output. The mukim is also home to the first commercial coffee plantation; the first coffee trees were planted in 2012 and has since grown to about 10,000 trees on a land. In 2003, it was estimated that Labi produced 607 metric tonnes of vegetables, nearly 1,700 metric tonnes of fruits and 170 metric tonnes of paddy.

Tourism and recreation

Tourist attractions and recreation parks in the mukim include: * Luagan Lalak Recreation Park — a recreation park built around and on a

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from ...

* Sungai Mau Reacreation Park — a recreation park in Kampong Sungai Mau * Teraja Longhouse — a

longhouse A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America. Many were built from timber and often rep ...

in Kampong Teraja * Mendaram Besar Longhouse — a longhouse in Kampong Mendaram Besar * Belulok Waterfall — a waterfall in Labi * Teraja Waterfall — a waterfall from Teraja River

Notes

References

Labi Belait District {{Brunei-geo-stub