Kampong Lambak is a

village 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 v ...

in Brunei-Muara District,

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 ...

, on the outskirts of the country's capital

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 s ...

. It has a total population of in 2016.

Administration

For administrative purposes Kampong Lambak has been divided into, and established as, two village subdivisions: Both are village subdivisions within Mukim Berakas 'A'.

Demography

Kampung Lambak 'B' has experienced a rapid growth in the housing sector which is increasing by recording a total of 715 houses within a distance of approximately 12km from the capital.

Infrastructure

Among the basic facilities in the village include a government-owned school and a private school, business complexes, gas stations, vehicle workshops, industrial complexes and an Islamic cemetery. Datu Mahawangsa Primary School is the village's government primary school. It also shares grounds with Datu Mahawangsa Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. Kampong Lambak Mosque is the village mosque; it was inaugurated on 11 June 1994 by Prince Sufri Bolkiah, a brother of

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah (born 15 July 1946) is the Sultan of Brunei since 1967, and prime minister of Brunei since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one of the few remaining absolute monarchs in the worl ...

. The mosque can accommodate 1,400 worshippers.

Notable people

Abidin Abdul Rashid Abidin bin Abdul Rashid (10 August 1939 – 22 November 2010) was a Bruneian aristocrat and civil servant of Tutong descent. He served as the first deputy minister of home affairs from 1986 to 2002 and was later appointed to the Privy Counci ...

(1939–2010), politician and nobleman *

Zakaria Sulaiman Zakaria bin Haji Sulaiman (22 June 1937 – 1 November 2011) was a Bruneian aristocrat and politician who took office as the Ministry of Communications (Brunei), Minister of Communications from 1988 to 2005, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affair ...

(1937–2011), politician and nobleman

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