Kampong Kiudang

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Kampong Kiudang
Village
Kampong Kiudang is located in Brunei
Kampong Kiudang
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°44′24″N 114°44′10″E / 4.7401°N 114.7361°E / 4.7401; 114.7361Coordinates: 4°44′24″N 114°44′10″E / 4.7401°N 114.7361°E / 4.7401; 114.7361
CountryBrunei
DistrictTutong
MukimKiudang
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,258
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
TE1543

Kampong Kiudang is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 1,258 in 2016.[1]

Administration[]

The village is one of the subdivisions within Mukim Kiudang, a mukim in the district. Its village head (ketua kampung) also oversees the neighbouring village Kampong Mungkom.[2][3]

Facilities[]

Kiudang Primary School is the village primary school; it was opened in 1938.[4] It also shares grounds with Kiudang Religious School, the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

Pengiran Muda 'Abdul Wakeel Mosque (also known as Kampong Kiudang Mosque) is the village mosque; the current building was opened in December 2010 and can accommodate about 1,200 worshippers.[5] The mosque's older building accommodated 300 worshippers and had been inaugurated on 26 December 1972.[6]

Achievement[]

The village has received a few awards and recognition, both on national and regional levels. In 2013, it won a bronze medal in the Excellent Village Award (Anugerah Kampung Cemerlang), an annual national award which recognises villages with outstanding community-led socioeconomic activities.[7][2] In 2015, the village was designated as a community-based Eco-tourism Village by BIMP-EAGA, a sub-ASEAN economic cooperation initiative.[8][2] In 2017, the village was a recipient of the ASEAN Community-based Tourism Award for its achievement in attracting visitors, both local and foreign, to the village.[2][9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "MUKIM KIUDANG". www.tutong.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ^ Rabiatul Kamit. "Village chief proposes waste collection service to tackle litter". btarchive.org. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. ^ Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. p. 51. OCLC 866690368.
  5. ^ Shari Haji Garib (3 January 2011). "Masjid baru Kampung Kiudang menelan belanja lebih BND2 juta" (PDF). (in Malay). p. 5. Retrieved 10 July 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Kiudang". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Kg Kiudang to launch homestay programme | The BT Archive". btarchive.org. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. ^ "MPK Kiudang dapat anugerah ASEAN – Media Permata Online". Media Permata Online (in Malay). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. ^ "BPPPDT aims at attracting more tourists – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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