Mukim Seria 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 language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...

Belait District Belait District (; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت) or simply known as Belait ('; ), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 65,531 as of 2021. The administrative town is Kuala Belait ...

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

. It has an area of ; the population was 21,214 in 2016. The mukim encompasses

Seria Seria or officially known as Seria Town (), is a town in Belait District, Brunei. It is located about west from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The total population was 3,625 in 2016. It was where oil was first struck in Brunei i ...

, one of the only two towns in the district. It is home to the

oil and gas industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest volume products ...

of the country.

Geography

The mukim is located in the north-west of the

, 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 South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan island, Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luz ...

to the north,

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-ea ...

to the east,

Mukim Labi Mukim Labi is a mukim in the interior of Belait District, Brunei. 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 to the north, ...

to the south-east,

Mukim Kuala Balai Mukim Kuala Balai is a mukim located in the Belait District of Brunei, known for its unique geographical setting. As of 2016, the population was recorded at just 31 residents. The village of Kampong Kuala Balai is situated in the upper Kumgang r ...

to the south and

Mukim Kuala Belait Mukim Kuala Belait is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. The population was 31,308 in 2016. The mukim encompasses Kuala Belait, the administrative town of the district. Geography The mukim is the located in the westernmost part of the distri ...

to the west.

Demographics

As of 2016 census, the population was 21,214 with males and females. The mukim had 4,471 households occupying 4,297 dwellings. Among the population, lived in

urban areas An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

, while the remainder of 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 are typically descri ...

. Mukim Seria has a total of more than 1,000 elderly people who are recorded as entitled to old age pensions every month and the majority are Malays and Chinese.

Administration

The mukim contains seven villages namely Kampong Baru (formerly known as Kampong Badas), Sungai Bera, Kampung Pekan Seria (formerly known as Kampong Cina), Pekan Seria Area 1 and Pekan Seria Area 2, Kampong Lorong Tiga Seria (Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati), Kampong Lorong Tengah and Kampong Lorong Tiga Selatan (Perumahan Baru Lorong Tengah Seria), Kampong Panaga A, B and C (2000 Housing) and Kampong Masjid. As of 2021, the mukim comprised the following

villages 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 village ...

Villages

Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Lorong Tina Selatan Seria Mosque

Kampong Lorong Tiga Selatan

In Kampong Lorong Tiga Selatan area there are facilities such as a mosque, housing, old surau (which can still be used), school, football field, Kindergarten, government barracks, Bowling and Wayang Center and BFB Turker Line. ''Sesagun'' has a gritty, nutty texture, is frequently blended with and served with a fruit that is sweeter and smoother, like

bananas A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – berry (botany), botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa (genus), Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called pla ...

. A rice ''sesagun'' was cited by Kampung Lorong 3 Selatan, Seria locals as the primary output of the Members of the ''Majlis Perundingan Kampung'' (MPK) Lorong 3 Selatan, Seria, which was in contention during the AKC from 2011 to 2013. The manufacture of sesaguns project began in June 2010 and was officially released on November 23, 2010. Looking back at the company's early years, 29 MPK members from Lorong 3 Selatan, Seria, with the help of the locals, undertook the project of producing a rice bag. Only seven employees are now still actively working on the product, though.

Pekan Seria

Among the facilities available in Pekan Seria are Pekan Seria Mosque, Seria District Office, Seria Health Center (TIBI), Clinic, government and private schools, Water Treatment Plant (JKR), Khutubkhanah, Plaza Seria (shopping center), shops and supermarkets, Insani Center, Anduki Airport, Shell Aviation, Perindustriya Sungai Bera, Shell Training Centre, Vocational School (Lorong 5), Golf Course, Shell Petroleum Surau, Shell Petroleum Fire Brigade and Panaga Health Centre.

Infrastructure

Public housing

There are three public housing areas within the mukim, namely Kampong Lorong Tiga Selatan and near

, and in Panaga.

Other locations

The following places are located within the mukim: * Seria oil field, the oldest oil field in Brunei *

Anduki Airfield Anduki Airfield (; abbrev: AKI) is a domestic airfield which now primarily operates as a heliport, located in Seria, a town in the Belait District of Brunei Darussalam. Although Anduki Airfield is owned by the Government of Brunei, it is op ...

, one of the only two airports in Brunei *

British Forces Brunei British Forces Brunei (BFB) is the name given to the British Armed Forces presence in Brunei Darussalam. Since the handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997, the garrison in Brunei is one of the remaining British military bases in the Far East, ...

camps, existed since the 1960s * The headquarters of Brunei Shell Petroleum * Badas Water Treatment Plant, which supplies raw water from the Belait River to the residents in

References

Belait District {{Brunei-geo-stub