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Pancha Delima, Brunei
Kampong Pancha Delima is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, and a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 1,562 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'A'. The postcode is BB4513. Geography The village is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District. It is one of the neighbourhoods in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan and contiguous with the residential neighbourhoods of Pengiran Siraja Muda to the east, Orang Kaya Besar Imas to the south-east and Anggerek Desa to the south. History Pancha Delima was one of the areas designated by the government of Brunei for the relocation of Kampong Ayer Kampung Ayer (') is a prominent traditional settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It comprises neighbourhoods of traditional houses, schools and mosques built on stilts above the Brunei River near the capital's city centre ... residents to resettle on land, under the National Resettlement Scheme in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages Of Brunei
A village ( or ) is the third and lowest administrative division of Brunei. It is headed by a village head (). Several villages are grouped together to form a mukim. A village is generally the traditional rural settlement, in particular in the sense of a kampong or Malay traditional village, but it may also be an urbanised settlement within or near the capital city or a town, or part of the public housing estates. The population varies from hundreds to a few thousands. Administration Villages are administered under the district office of the district where they belong. A village is headed by a village head (). It is an elected position, whereby the populace nominates candidates to the district office and votes among the approved nominees. The nominee may be of an age between 30 and 55 years old. The elected person shall be in office for up to ten years. A village may also have a Village Consultative Council (), the local equivalent of community association. A key out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postcodes In Brunei
Postal codes in Brunei Darussalam are known as postcodes (), and they are alphanumeric; consisting of two letters followed by four digits. Postcodes in Brunei are issued by the Postal Services Department, a government department under the Ministry of Communications. Format A Bruneian postcode has six characters, consisting of two uppercase letters and immediately followed by four digits (numbers). Examples of postcodes are BB3713, which represents the postcode area Anggerek Desa; KB4533 which represents Panaga; and BA2110 which represents ''Jabatan Hal Ehwal Masjid'', or the Department of Mosque Affairs. Allocation The components of a postcode comprises four types of codes. They are specifically represented by their district (), then it mukim (sub-district), and then villages and post offices. Districts The first of the two postcode letters of the denotes the district, which corresponds to the name of the specific districts of Brunei. Mukims The second letter denotes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelita Brunei
Madura United Football Club is an Indonesian professional football club. The club is based in Pamekasan, Madura, East Java. They currently play in the Liga 1. The current form of the club was established on 10 January 2016; the team's lineage began as Pelita Jaya in 1986, under which it won three Galatama titles in 1988-89, 1990, and 1993-94 before changing names, homebases, and ownership several times. History The club was formed as Pelita Jaya Football Club in 1986, based in Jakarta. During that time, the team won three Galatama titles (1988-89, 1990, and 1993-94). Starting from 2000, the team moved home grounds several times, first to Solo in 2000, Cilegon in 2002, Purwakarta in 2006, Bandung in 2008, and Karawang in 2009, before moving back to Bandung in 2012 after Bakrie Group sold off the club in favor of purchasing Arema F.C., which also cancelled a plan to merge the two clubs. Throughout those years, the team retained the "Pelita" name until it was rebranded as Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampong Sultan Lama
Kampong Sultan Lama () was a neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer, the riverine stilt settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It was officially a Villages of Brunei, village Subdivisions of Brunei, subdivision under Mukim Sungai Kedayan, Sungai Kedayan, a Mukims of Brunei, mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei–Muara District. Etymology The Kampong Sultan Lama, translated as Old Sultan's Village, was allegedly named in honour of Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin, who ruled from 1890 to 1906. He stayed in the village's Istana Kota. The first dry-land palace was constructed in 1922 when Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II made the decision to construct a brand-new palace called Istana Majlis. History The House of Bolkiah, Brunei royalty played a pivotal role in the migration from Kampong Ayer to the mainland, recognising the opportunities presented by List of administrators of British Brunei, British Resident Malcolm Stewart Hannibal McArthur, McArthur's fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampong Sumbiling Lama
Kampong Sumbiling Lama () is a neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer, the riverine stilt settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It was officially a Villages of Brunei, village Subdivisions of Brunei, subdivision under Mukim Sungai Kedayan, Sungai Kedayan, a Mukims of Brunei, mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei–Muara District. The village's name originated from the division of Kampong Sumbiling into two sections, one of which became Kampong Sumbiling Baru. Geography Kampong Sumbiling Lama is geographically located on the banks of the Kedayan River, with its boundaries extending to the Gadong River and neighbouring villages such as Kampong Ujong Bukit, Kampong Limbongan, and Kampong Sumbiling Baru. The area historically faced Kampong Bukit Salat across the river. However, the neighbouring villages no longer exists due to its inclusion in the Bandar Seri Begawan Taman Mahkota Jubli Emas, reclamation project. As part of this development, all residents were relocated to govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Resettlement Scheme
Public housing in Brunei comprises government development programmes which aim to provide ownership of land or homes to the citizens of Brunei. They are managed by the Housing Development Department (), a government department under the Ministry of Development. There has been three main public housing programmes in the country, namely the National Housing Scheme (), the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme () and the National Resettlement Scheme (). History Public housing was first initiated in the 1950s by the government in the form of mass resettlement programmes for the residents of Kampong Ayer, the stilt settlement on the Brunei River. In that decade there were cholera and smallpox epidemics which greatly affected the residents; at that time more residents settled along the banks than the middle of the river and hence more prone to the diseases. Therefore, the initial aim of the housing programme was to relocate the residents to places on land which are less suscepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampong Ayer
Kampung Ayer (') is a prominent traditional settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It comprises neighbourhoods of traditional houses, schools and mosques built on stilts above the Brunei River near the capital's city centre. It has an area of about ; the total population was 10,250 in 2016. It has been historically nicknamed ' Venice of the East'. Etymology The present name 'Kampung Ayer' is the obsolete romanised spelling of the Malay term '', which literally means 'Water Village'. However, the old spelling version is retained and still used as the primary name of the place. In general, village names are based on a number of themes, including the title of the state dignitaries who resided there, the area's specialty trade, the location of the village, or the site of a notable event or celebration. Examples of names based on nearby locations or rivers include Kampong Sungai Kedayan, Kampong Sungai Asam, Kampong Pekan Lama, Kampong Sungai Pandan, Kampon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anggerek Desa
Kampong Anggerek Desa is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 1,443 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'A'. The postcode A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ... is BB3713. Facilities Anggerek Desa Primary School is the village primary school. It also shares grounds with Anggerek Desa Religious School, the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. The village is home to the Girl Guides Association of Brunei Darussalam's headquarters and training centre. References Neighbourhoods in Bandar Seri Begawan Villages in Brunei–Muara District {{Brunei-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orang Kaya Besar Imas
Kampong Orang Kaya Besar Imas (commonly abbreviated as OKBI) is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, and a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 1,228 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'A'. The postcode is BB4113. History The village was established in 1954 as one of the areas designated by the government for some of the Kampong Ayer residents to resettle on land under the National Resettlement Programme () in the 1950s. Geography The village is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District. It is one of the neighbourhoods in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is contiguous with the neighbourhoods of Pengiran Siraja Muda to the north, Sungai Akar to the east, Pulaie Kampong Pulaie is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, and a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 412 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'A'. The postcode A post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pengiran Siraja Muda
Kampong Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, and a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 2,354 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'A'. The postcode is BB5113. Etymology Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu (or Delima Satu Pengiran Siraja Muda) is the primary name for this neighbourhood. It is composed from the merger of two names, 'Pengiran Siraja Muda' and 'Delima Satu'. 'Pengiran Siraja Muda' is named after the initial residents which emigrated from Bakut Pengiran Siraja Muda, a neighbourhood in the riverine settlement of Kampong Ayer. Meanwhile, 'Delima Satu' comes from the Malay term which translates as 'Delima One' and means area one of Delima settlement. The settlement area, which also included Pancha Delima, is named after or pomegranate that had been grown in the backyard of Awang Sugut bin Mahat's home, who eventually became the first village head for the settlement. The per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunei Postal Services Department
The Postal Services Department () is a government department which is responsible for providing postal service in Brunei. History A postage stamp dated 24 April 1894, bearing the Brooketon postmark (present-day Muara), is among the earliest stamps used in Brunei. This Sarawak stamp was issued from a small post office established in 1893 to serve the coal-mining community at Rajah Charles Brooke's Brooketon colliery. Operated by the Sarawak government, the post office provided a monthly postal service to and from Kuching. In 1895, the first post office was established by the Borneo Company Limited. Following the signing of the Treaty of Friendship on 11 October 1906, a formal post office was established. Constructed under the guidance of Brunei's British Resident, it was located in Brunei Town. In that same year, the first stamps used in Brunei were actually overprinted stamps from the nearby island of Labuan. The following year, stamps featuring a unique design of a scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 smallest yet most populous district which is home to over 70 percent of the country's population. It is the country's largest urban centre and nominally the country's only city. The capital is home to Brunei's seat of government, as well as a commercial and cultural centre. It was formerly known as Brunei Town until it was renamed in 1970 in honour of Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei and the father of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The history of Bandar Seri Begawan can be traced back to the establishment of a Bruneian Malay people, Malay stilt settlement on the waters of the Brunei River which became the predecessor of Kampong Ayer today. It became the capital of the Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888), Bruneian Sultanate from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
