Kampong Madang is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in Brunei-Muara District,

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, as well as a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in the capital

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a Municipalities of Brunei, municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei–Muara District, the s ...

. The population was 1,231 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'B'. The

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is BC3715.

Etymology

The village is named after Madang, an obscure and unusual tree.

Geography

The village is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District. The built-up area is contiguous with the

Lambak Kanan RPN Lambak Kanan, Kampong Perpindahan Lambak Kanan or simply Lambak Kanan is a List of public housing estates in Brunei, public housing estate in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The t ...

public housing to its north and Kampong Manggis to the east. Madang is also one of the neighbourhoods in

, the capital of Brunei — together with Manggis, they are the northernmost neighbourhoods in the capital.

Administration

Apart from being a village subdivision, Kampong Madang has also been subsumed under the

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area of the capital

Facilities

Madang Religious School is the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. Suri Seri Begawan Raja Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque is the village mosque for Kampong Madang and the neighbouring Kampong Manggis. It was inaugurated by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in 2014. The mosque can accommodate 2,400 worshippers.

Notable people

Pengiran Muda Hashim (1907–1998), Wazir of Brunei

References

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