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Districts of Brunei

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Districts (Malay: daerah) are the principal administrative divisionsofBrunei. The country is divided into four districts, namely Brunei-Muara, Belait, Tutong and Temburong. Temburong is an exclave; it is physically separated from the three other districts by the Brunei Bay and Malaysian stateofSarawak. Each district has a town as its administrative and main economic centre, with the exception of Brunei-Muara, where the principal centre is Bandar Seri Begawan, a city and the country's capital.

History

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The country previously had six districts, namely Brunei, Muara, Limau Manis (also known as Ulu Brunei), Tutong, Belait and Temburong.^[1] In 1908 Brunei and Limau Manis were merged, and in 1938 the districts were restructured to form the present-day four districts.^[1]

Administration

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Each district is administered by a District Office (Jabatan Daerah), where District Offices are government departments under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The head of each department is a District Officer (Pegawai Daerah) and appointed by the government.^[2]

A district is further divided into mukims, and subsequently each mukim consists of several villages (kampung). Each District Office manages the mukims and villages within its district.

Districts

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Districts of Brunei

District	Capital	Population (2016 census)^[3]	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Population density (km²)	No. of mukims
Brunei-Muara	Bandar Seri Begawan (also the capital of Brunei)	289,630	571	220	507	18
Belait	Kuala Belait	69,062	2,727	1,053	25	8
Tutong	Pekan Tutong	48,313	1,166	450	41	8
Temburong	Pekan Bangar	10,251	1,306	504	8	5

References

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^ ^a ^b Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei 2004, p. 1.

^ "Brunei Darussalam" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 44. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

^ "Department of Economic Planning and Statistics - Population". www.deps.gov.bn. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei (2004). Sungai Limau Manis: Tapak Arkeologi Abad Ke-10 - 13 Masihi (in Malay). Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei. ISBN 9991730184. OCLC 61123390.