Kampong Bukit Beruang, Brunei
Kampong Bukit Beruang | |
|---|---|
Village and public housing estate | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°43′42″N 114°36′40″E / 4.7284°N 114.6111°ECoordinates: 4°43′42″N 114°36′40″E / 4.7284°N 114.6111°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Tutong |
| Mukim | Telisai |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,157 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | TC3145, TC3345 |
Kampong Bukit Beruang is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 6,157 in 2016.[1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Telisai, a mukim subdivision in the district.[2] It comprises the original village settlement as well as the public housing estate Bukit Beruang National Housing Scheme.
Public housing[]
The public housing estate has an area of 49 hectares (120 acres) and as of 2018 consist of 530 detached houses, 1,368 units of terraces, and 368 'cluster' houses of 4-units each.[3] It is one of the only two public housing estates in the district; the other one is .[4]
Facilities[]
The local primary schools include:
- Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School — It was formerly known as Sekolah Melayu Bukit Beruang ("Bukit Beruang Malay School").[5] The current building began to be used in 1999.[5] As of 2004, it had 33 teachers for the morning session and 11 in the afternoon, as well as 364 pupils from preschool to Primary 6.[5] The school facilities include classrooms, library, dental clinic, playground and canteen.[5]
- Perpindahan Kampong Bukit Beruang II Primary School
Each school also shares grounds with a sekolah ugama i.e. school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.
Rancangan Perumahan Negara Bukit Beruang Mosque is the village mosque.
Other facilities located in the village include:
- Tutong Sixth Form Centre, the only sixth form college in the district
- Sayyidina 'Othman Secondary School, the government secondary school for the residents of Mukim Telisai
- Dewan Kemasyarakatan Bukit Beruang, the village community hall
- Bukit Beruang Fire Station, opened in 2014 and one of the only three fire stations in the district.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Tutong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 9. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "HM presents keys to 601 new homeowners, tours Tutong - The Scoop". The Scoop. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Tutong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 22. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d Abd. Karim HAB (30 August 2004). "64 orang menerima geran dan lot tanah" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 49 #35 (published 1 September 2004). Jabatan Penerangan. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Laman Utama - Carta Organisasi". fire-rescue.gov.bn. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Villages in Tutong District
- Public housing estates in Brunei