Kampong Batang Mitus () or simply known as Batang Mitus, is a

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Tutong District Tutong District (; Jawi script, Jawi: دائيره توتوڠ) or simply known as Tutong ('), is the third largest and populated districts of Brunei, district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 47,210 as of 2021. The district i ...

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, about from the district town

Pekan Tutong Tutong Town (; Jawi: توتوڠ) or simply known as Tutong, is a municipality town in Mukim Pekan Tutong, Tutong District, Brunei. It is located about from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. It is the administrative centre of Tutong ...

. The population was 708 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Kiudang, a mukim subdivision in the district.

Demography

As of 2018, the village is inhabited by 1,102 residents and there are 105 houses.

Economy

Kampong Batang Mitus has its own products produced by the people of the village in the form of hand-woven crafts such as

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and mats. In addition, they also like to cultivate. One of the participants of the ''Kawasan Kemajuan Pertanian'' (KKP), Awang Suhili bin Alas stated that the KKP was initially known as the ''Projek Kemajuan Luar Bandar'' (PKLB) and was explored in 1995 with an area of 110 acres. He said again, KKP has a membership of 50 people, where each member is given two acres per person. Among the very popular plants grown in this KKP are various types of

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, such as yellow durian/''otak udang'', white durian, durian ''kahwin'', ''pulu'' durian, in addition to tarap, cat's eye and kembayau plants. The latest is to grow durian

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on a small scale. To get quick results, some of the members cultivate crops such as

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trees and

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Infrastructure

The residents of this village have access to basic facilities provided by the

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, just like other villages in the country, such as schools, public halls, electricity supply, clean water supply, telephone lines, paved roads and so on. In addition, the villagers are also given attention in the form of Welfare Assistance and Old Age Pension as well as Welfare Assistance from the Community Development Department (JAPEM), Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. The village primary school is Batang Mitus Primary School. It also shares grounds with Batang Mitus Religious School, the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

Notable people

* Razimie Ramlli (born 1990), footballer

References

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