Kampong Selapon is a

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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 ...

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, about from the district town

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 population was 224 in 2016. It is one of the villages within

Mukim Batu Apoi Mukim Batu Apoi is a mukims of Brunei, mukim in Temburong District, Brunei. It has an area of ; as of 2021, the population was 1,355. Etymology Sungai Batu Apoi is where Batu Apoi gets its name. Long ago, there was a Murut people, Murut long ...

. The

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is PC3351.

Infrastructure

Selapon Primary School is the village's government primary school. It also shares grounds with Selapon Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

Education

Selapon Primary School was established as a temporary structure in 1973 on an plot of land in Selapon, it was constructed through cooperative efforts by village residents, with materials provided by the government through the

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. The initial building measured , featuring wooden posts, wooden floors and walls, and a zinc roof. A temporary teachers' house was also built in 1973 to accommodate the teachers. The school began operations on 19 April 1974, with an enrolment of 43 students in Grade 1 and only two teachers, including the headteacher. In 1987, a new semi-permanent building was constructed near the old site, funded entirely by

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through the Ministry of Education, and it was officially opened on 20 October 1988. Currently, it is equipped with various facilities, including seven classrooms, a library, a resource room, a computer room with eight computers, a teachers' workroom, restrooms, a headteacher's office, a school kitchen, and a ''

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'' area, and it has operated a full-day integrated schooling system since 3 January 2005.

References

Selapon Kampong Selapon is a villages of Brunei, village is Temburong District, Brunei, about from the district town Bangar, Brunei, Bangar. The population was 224 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Batu Apoi. The postcodes in Brunei, postc ...

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