Municipalities in Brunei are settlements which have been incorporated by the government to run as

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

. They are independent from the hierarchy of the country's subdivisions but nevertheless overlap with mukims and

villages 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 village ...

, the second- and third-level

administrative divisions of Brunei The administrative divisions of Brunei Darussalam mainly consist of (districts), ( sub-districts), and or (villages). They are organised hierarchically in Brunei Darussalam, with being the largest first level, and the smallest third lev ...

. The governing body of a municipality is municipal department () which is a government department under the Ministry of Home Affairs; the head is a chairman (, officially ) which is equivalent to

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There are four settlements in Brunei which have municipal status, namely

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 capital of Brunei;

Kuala Belait Kuala Belait (KB) or officially the Kuala Belait Town (), is the administrative town of Belait District, Brunei. The population of the town proper was 4,544 in 2021. Kuala Belait is officially a municipal area (), as well as a settlement under t ...

, a town and capital of

Belait District Belait District (; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت) or simply known as Belait ('; ), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 65,531 as of 2021. The administrative town is Kuala Belait ...

;

Seria Seria or officially known as Seria Town (), is a town in Belait District, Brunei. It is located about west from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The total population was 3,625 in 2016. It was where oil was first struck in Brunei i ...

, a town also in Belait District; and Tutong, the town 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 ...

. Although Muara in Brunei-Muara District and

Bangar Bangar may refer to one (or more) of the following: Geology *Khadir and Bangar, alluvial soil types in India and Pakistan Places *Mukim Bangar, a mukim sub-division in Brunei Darussalam *Bangar, Brunei Bangar () or officially known as Banga ...

, the capital of

Temburong District Temburong District (; Jawi script, Jawi: دائيره تمبوروڠ) or simply known as Temburong ('; ), is the second largest and least populated districts of Brunei, district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 9,444 as of 20 ...

, are officially known in Malay as and (literally '

Muara Town Muara, officially known as Muara Town (), is a port town located in the Brunei–Muara District, approximately from the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. As of 2021, the population of the town was 2,539. Muara is officially classified as a settle ...

' and '

Bangar Town Bangar () or officially known as Bangar Town (), is a town and administrative centre of Temburong District, Brunei, an isolated territorial exclave separated from the rest of the country by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The population of th ...

'), they do not have municipal status but instead administered as village-level subdivisions.

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