Kampong Kilanas () or commonly known as Kilanas, 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,

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, on the western outskirts of the 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 ...

. The population was 4,589 in 2016. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Kilanas Mukim Kilanas is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 22,492 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the southwestern part of the district, bordering Mukim Gadong 'B' and Mukim Kianggeh to the north-east, Mukim L ...

Infrastructure

Schools

* Orang Kaya Setia Bakti Primary School is the village's primary school, whereas Pengiran Anak Puteri Majeedah Nuurul Bolkiah Religious School is the village's school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. * Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School, the sole secondary school in

, is located within the village boundary.

Places of interest

Among other things, ''wasai'' (small

waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...

) found in the village are ''Wasai Terjun Rendah'' and ''Wasai Terjun Tinggi'' which have a

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view located on the

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. In addition to the two, there is another ''wasai'' known as ''Wasai Terjun Mampattan'' which is also located on the hill but it has not yet been developed. The third waterfall is ''Wasai Dang Umai Mandi'' which is also located on a hill that has cold water. Not far from there, there is an area of ''Tasek Labui'' which is a little below the hill with a small waterfall. Another ''wasai'' that is also located not far is ''Wasai Terjun Menyusup'', this has been found by the residents for a long time. * Kampong Kilanas Mosque is the village mosque and was opened for use on 29 November 1968. It can accommodate 1,700 worshippers.

Notable people

* Halbi Mohd Yussof (born 1956), a

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and minister.

References

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