Kampong Sengkurong

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Kampong Sengkurong
Village
Kampong Sengkurong is located in Brunei
Kampong Sengkurong
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°53′16″N 114°50′30″E / 4.8878°N 114.8417°E / 4.8878; 114.8417Coordinates: 4°53′16″N 114°50′30″E / 4.8878°N 114.8417°E / 4.8878; 114.8417
CountryBrunei
DistrictBrunei-Muara
MukimSengkurong
Population
 (2016)[a]
 • Total5,003
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
BG1121, BG1321

Kampong Sengkurong is a village in the west of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The total population was 5,003 in 2016.[a]

Geography[]

Kampong Sengkurong is one of the villages along , a primary road which links the capital Bandar Seri Begawan to Pekan Tutong, the town of Tutong District.

Administration[]

For administrative purposes the village has been divided into, and established as, two village subdivisions:

Village Population
(2016)[1] 		Postcode[2]
Kampong Sengkurong 'A' 2,617 BG1121
Kampong Sengkurong 'B' 2,386 BG1321
Total 5,003 -

Both are villages within Mukim Sengkurong.

Economy[]

The village contains a commercial area. It is one of the few outside Bandar Seri Begawan and within Brunei-Muara District. The commercial area comprises rows of shophouses, mainly clustered in the vicinity of the intersection between Jalan Tutong and Jalan Jerudong.

Facilities[]

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

Sultan Sharif Ali Mosque serves Kampong Sengkurong as well as the surrounding villages. It was inaugurated by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 28 February 1986.[3] The mosque can accommodate 3,000 worshippers.[3]

Other facilities located in the village include:

  • Sengkurong Library
  • Sengkurong Post Office
  • Sengkurong Police Station

See also[]

  • Jerudong

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b see Administration section

References[]

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Sultan Sharif Ali, Sengkurong". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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