Kampong Ukong () or simply known as Ukong, 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 the central part of

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 381 in 2016. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Ukong Mukim Ukong is a mukim in Tutong District, Brunei. The population was 2,272 in 2016. Etymology According to folktales, in the olden days there was a swamp known as Nong Anggeh located between the river and Nong Anggeh Hill. The condition o ...

, a

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in the district.

Etymology

According to folktales, in the olden days there was a

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known as Nong Anggeh located between the

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and Nong Anggeh Hill. The condition of this swamp was bumpy and difficult for pedestrians to pass through. This swamp is also the only main road leading to the opposite village. Since there was no other road at that time, the villagers had to go through that road. When they go through the swamp while carrying their children then they have to support or mean to carry their children on their shoulders. The conditions and processing caused this area to be called 'kukong'. Over time this call remained until today and was referred to as 'Kampung Ukong'.

Administration

The

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() oversees the village proper as well as Kampong Pangkalan Dong, Kampong Pangkalan Ran, Kampong Pak Bidang and Kampong Sungai Damit Pemadang, with a total area of and a total population of 1,292.

Demography

As of 2018, the village have 220 houses inhabited by 1,292 residents consisting of 622 men and 630 women. According to the head of the village, the population of the village consists of 1,200 Malays; followed by the

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91 people and the rest of the Iban tribe.

Economy

Among the products produced by the residents of Kampong Ukong is ''ambulung'' (

sago Sago () is a starch extracted from the pith, or spongy core tissue, of various tropical palm stems, especially those of ''Metroxylon sagu''. It is a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, where it is c ...

), which the processing place of ambulung is a place that is often visited by tourists from abroad and within the country. The ''ambulung'' company owned by ''Syarikat Perusahaan Sagu Yong Pin Chin dan Anak-Anak'' has been operating since the beginning of 1971 and has modern equipment run by workers consisting of four local residents and four from abroad where before all the workers the factory consists of family members only. The packaging of sago

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is by using

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. The sago flour production process is carried out four times within ten days which means four times the process is done in the sago factory to obtain sago flour results which are estimated to weigh 800 kilograms of sago flour for each processing time.

Infrastructure

The village primary school is Dato Pemancha Saging Ukong Primary School. It also shares grounds with Dato Pemancha Saging Ukong Religious School, the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

Notable people

Lukan Uking Lukan bin Uking was a Bruneian legislative councillor and Dusun leader from Sungai Damit, Tutong District, widely admired for his leadership qualities and contributions. He was among the few Dusun leaders bestowed with a title, which granted h ...

, legislative councillor * Othman Uking (born 1937), civil servant and politician

References

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