Districts of Brunei

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Districts (Malay: daerah) are the principal administrative divisions of Brunei. The country is divided into four districts, namely Brunei-Muara, Belait, Tutong and Temburong. Temburong is an exclave; it is physically separated from the three other districts by the Brunei Bay and Malaysian state of Sarawak. Each district has a town as its administrative and main economic centre, with the exception of Brunei-Muara, where Bandar Seri Begawan, apart from being the country's capital city, is also the district's principal centre.

Administration[]

Each district is administered by a District Office (Jabatan Daerah), where District Offices are government departments under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The head of each department is a District Officer (Pegawai Daerah) and appointed by the government.[1]

A district is further divided into mukims, and subsequently each mukim consists of several villages (kampung). Each District Office manages the mukims and villages within its district.

The districts[]

Districts of Brunei
District Capital Population
(2016 census)[2] 		Area
(km2) 		Area
(sq mi) 		Population
density (km2) 		No. of
mukims
Brunei-Muara Bandar Seri Begawan
(also the capital of Brunei) 		289,630 571 220 507 18
Belait Kuala Belait 69,062 2,727 1,053 25 8
Tutong Tutong 48,313 1,166 450 41 8
Temburong Bangar 10,251 1,306 504 8 5

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brunei Darussalam" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 44. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Department of Economic Planning and Statistics - Population". www.deps.gov.bn. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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