Mukim Pekan Tutong 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 ...

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 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 ...

. The population was 10,551 in 2016. It encompasses

Pekan Tutong Tutong or officially known as Tutong Town ( ms, Pekan Tutong) is a municipality town in Mukim Pekan Tutong Tutong District, Brunei. It is located about from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. Governance It is officially a Municipa ...

, the district's sole town and administrative centre.

Geography

The mukim is located in the north-west of

, bordering the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

to the north-west,

Mukim Keriam Mukim Keriam is a mukims of Brunei, mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 9,707 in 2016. Name The mukim is named after Kampong Keriam, one of the villages it encompasses. Geography The mukim is located in the north-east of ...

to the east,

Mukim Kiudang Mukim Kiudang is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 5,924 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the eastern part of Tutong District, bordering Mukim Keriam to the north, Mukim Pengkalan Batu (in Brunei-Muara District ...

to the south-east,

Mukim Tanjong Maya Mukim Tanjong Maya is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 4,062 in 2016. Name The village was only known as Pengkalan Ipa and changed to Tanjong Maya after the construction of a ditch in the village. The construction of t ...

to the south and

Mukim Telisai Mukim Telisai is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 10,095 in 2016. Name The mukim is named after Kampong Telisai, one of the villages it encompasses. Geography The mukim is located in the western part of Tutong Distri ...

to the south-west. The

Tutong River The Tutong River ( ms, Sungai Tutong) is a river in Tutong District, Brunei. 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 passe ...

runs its course through the mukim and flows out into South China Sea. There are a few islands along the river, among them the islets of Setawat () and Bakuku ().

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 10,551 with males and females. The mukim had 1,882 households occupying 1,871 dwellings. The mukim is predominantly urban; lived in

urban areas An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

in contrast to 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 ...

: The municipal area of

encompasses parts of Bukit Bendera and Kampong Petani.

References

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