Kampong Keriam is a

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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 ...

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, about from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 2,195 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Keriam, a mukim in the district.

Background

The village is claimed to be established by a certain

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man named who migrated with his family in the old days from the present-day Kampong Sungai Bera in

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. The village was formerly known by the name or ; it was eventually 'standardized' in the

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to the present spelling "Keriam".

Geography

The village neighbours Kampong Bukit Panggal to the north-east, Kampong Luagan Dudok to the east, Kampong Panchor Papan to the south-west, and Kampong Tanah Burok and Kampong Penanjong to the north-west. It is one of the settlements along Jalan Tutong, a primary road which connects the district town Pekan Tutong to the capital

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Facilities

Access to the village is through Jalan Tutong via Kampong Luagan Dudok from the east and Kampong Panchor Papan from the west. Keriam Primary School is the village primary school and it was established in 1938. It also shares grounds with Keriam Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education. The village has a (equivalent to

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) and it was built in 1954. Kampong Keriam Mosque is the village mosque; it was completed in 1991 and can accommodate 300 worshippers.

References

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