Kampong Bukit Udal () or simply known as Bukit Udal, 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 ...

. It has an area of ; the population was 1,306 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Tanjong Maya, a

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in the district.

Etymology

There was allegedly a significant

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in the area once called 'Labor'. 'Labor' means heavy rain that falls for months and the term used nowadays means

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. This incident has had a bad impact not only on the villagers but has also destroyed plants and many animals have died. All creatures, including people with their livestocks,

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, and even

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, raced to Bukit Kukub, a high region. There was not enough

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even though everything that could live was present. All the

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were consumed, and the area was given the name Bukit Badal since the Tutong term for

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is ''badal''. For unexplained reasons, the word Badal was changed to Dudal, and in the 1940s, Bukit Udal was given its official name. Another speculated that Kampong Bukit Badal had a name proposed for the Primary School built in the village, Awang Benson's father gave several name suggestions including Bukit Udal which was finally chosen as the name of the village until now.

Demography

As of 2016, the population of this village is about 1,132 people who are made up of various races such as Malay,

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and others. The number of those who follow Islam is 245 people and the rest follow other religions. Most of its residents work in the government and private sectors, in addition to running their own businesses.

Economy

In responding to the call of the

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through the One Village One Product (1K1P) Program which, among other things, aims to make mukim and village communities more creative, innovative, independent, disciplined and resilient in addition to being able to create job opportunities for local residents, ''Majlis Perundingan Kampung'' (MPK) Bukit Udal has worked some village products such as

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and

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enterprises.

Infrastructure

This village has infrastructures provided by the

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, such as road facilities, electricity supply, clean water supply, mosques, schools, public halls and others.

Education

Bukit Udal Primary School is the village primary school. It also shares grounds with Bukit Udal Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education.

Places of interest

* Kampong Bukit Udal Mosque is the village mosque. It was built in 1995 and can accommodate 200 worshippers. * Nak Pulau is an artistic resort park that although the area is not very wide, but covered by a variety of green plants, shrubs and bushes and fruit orchards.

Notable people

* Bahrin Abdullah (born 1961), a politician and businessperson

References

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