Kampong Sungai Besar
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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 |
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]
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
[edit]Kampong 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
[edit]Mosque
[edit]Kampong 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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