Kampong Sungai Hanching (literally: 'Urine-Reeking River Village') is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 2,987 in 2016.[2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'B'. The postcode is BC2115.[3][4]
Kampong Sungai Hanching
Kampung Sungai Hanching | |
|---|---|
| Kampong Sungai Hanching | |
 Kampong Sungai Hanching Mosque | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°58′05″N 114°58′40″E / 4.9681°N 114.9777°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Brunei-Muara |
| Mukim | Berakas 'B' |
| Government | |
| • Village head | Abd Rahman Safar[1] |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,987 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | BC2115 |
Infrastructure
editOn donated property, Awang Haji Muhammad Salleh, a descendent of the well-known Melabau chieftain Panglima Jais, founded Haji Mohd Salleh Primary School, a primary school, in 1947.[5] It also shares grounds with Haji Mohd Salleh Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.
The village mosque is Kampong Sungai Hanching Mosque; it was inaugurated on 12 November 1982 and can accommodate 1,400 worshippers.[6]
The village is also home to the Embassy of Indonesia and China.[7]
Notable people
edit- Magdalene Teo (died 2021), a Bruneian diplomat
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. 8.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Kampong Sungai Tilong, Berakas 'B', Brunei Muara: BC3315". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Haji Metali, Dayang Hajah Joriah (2004). "ORANG MELABAU" (PDF). Aktif (in Malay). 56. Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei History Centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports: 6.
- ^ "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Sungai Hanching". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Embassy". Information Department, Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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