Kampong Birau

Village in Tutong, Brunei
4°47′03″N 114°45′25″E / 4.7841°N 114.757°E / 4.7841; 114.757CountryBruneiDistrictTutongMukimKiudangGovernment
 • Village headMasburah Suhaile[1]Area
[2]
 • Total35 km2 (13.5 sq mi)Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total989 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)Postcode
TE2143

Kampong Birau is a village in the north-east of Tutong District, Brunei, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the district town Pekan Tutong. It has an area of 13.5 square miles (35 km2);[2] the population was 989 in 2016.[3] It is one of the villages within Mukim Kiudang, a mukim in the district.[4]

Facilities

Birau Primary School is the village primary school; it was inaugurated on 15 February 1955.[2] It also shares grounds with Birau Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education.

Kampong Birau Mosque is the village mosque; it was established on 18 January 1963.[2] The current building was inaugurated on 2 August 1991 by the then Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah.[5] It can accommodate 300 worshippers.[5]

References

  1. ^ BUKU DIREKTORI TELEFON PENGHULU-PENGHULU MUKIM DAN KETUA-KETUA KAMPUNG NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (PDF) (in Malay). Vol. 4. Brunei: Bahagian Perancangan Daerah, Ministry of Home Affairs. April 2024. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b c d Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. pp. 53–55. OCLC 866690368.
  3. ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ Tutong District (PDF). Information Department. 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Birau". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 8 July 2021.


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