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Kampong Sungai Besar (Malay: Kampung Sungai Besar) or commonly known as Sungai Besar, is a village in the east of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, near the mouth of the Brunei River with the Brunei Bay. The population was 2,039 in 2016.[2]
Sungai Besar
Kampung Sungai Besar | |
|---|---|
| Kampong Sungai Besar | |
 Kampong Sungai Besar Mosque | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°56′30″N 115°01′08″E / 4.9416°N 115.0188°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Brunei-Muara |
| Mukim | Kota Batu |
| Government | |
| • Village head | Zaini Damit[1] |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,039 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | BD2517 |
The village is the location of an end of Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge, the bridge which connects mainland Brunei with the Temburong District exclave.[3][4]
Geography
editKampong Sungai Besar is one of the villages within Mukim Kota Batu, a mukim in the district. It is one of the villages along Jalan Kota Batu, a road which links Bandar Seri Begawan along the banks of the Brunei River to Jalan Muara which leads to Muara town.
Infrastructure
editMosque
editKampong Sungai Besar Mosque is the village mosque; it was inaugurated on 1 January 1984 by the then Minister of Education.[5] The mosque can accommodate 630 worshippers.[5]
Notable people
edit- Goh King Chin (born 1943), a member of the Legislative Council[6]
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. 12.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Izah Azahari (18 March 2020). "Temburong bridge opens". Borneo Bulletin. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Dk. Siti Redzaimi Pg. Haji Ahmad. "Berita - Jambatan Temburong satu mimpi jadi kenyataan..." Pelita Brunei (in Malay). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Sungai Besar". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Brunei Royals Visit Chinese New Year Open Houses". Brunei Royals Visit Chinese New Year Open Houses. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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