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]
Kampong Birau | |
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  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°47′03″N 114°45′25″E / 4.7841°N 114.757°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Tutong |
| Mukim | Kiudang |
| Government | |
| • Village head | Masburah Suhaile[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 35 km2 (13.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 989 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | TE2143 |
Facilities
editBirau 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. pp. 53–55. OCLC 866690368.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Tutong District (PDF). Information Department. 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Birau". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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