Kampong Bukit Beruang, Brunei
Kampong Bukit Beruang is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 6,157 in 2016.[1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Telisai, a mukim subdivision in the district.[2] It comprises the original village settlement as well as the public housing estate Bukit Beruang National Housing Scheme.
Kampong Bukit Beruang | |
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![]() ![]() Location in Brunei | |
Coordinates: 4°43′42″N 114°36′40″E | |
Country | Brunei |
District | Tutong |
Mukim | Telisai |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 6,157 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
Postcode | TC3145, TC3345 |
Public housing
The public housing estate has an area of 49 hectares (120 acres) and as of 2018 consist of 530 detached houses, 1,368 units of terraces, and 368 'cluster' houses of 4-units each.[3] It is one of the only two public housing estates in the district; the other one is STKRJ Kampong Telisai.[4]
Facilities
The local primary schools include:
- Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School — It was formerly known as Sekolah Melayu Bukit Beruang ("Bukit Beruang Malay School").[5] The current building began to be used in 1999.[5] As of 2004, it had 33 teachers for the morning session and 11 in the afternoon, as well as 364 pupils from preschool to Primary 6.[5] The school facilities include classrooms, library, dental clinic, playground and canteen.[5]
- Perpindahan Kampong Bukit Beruang II Primary School
Each school also shares grounds with a sekolah ugama i.e. school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.
Rancangan Perumahan Negara Bukit Beruang Mosque is the village mosque.
Other facilities located in the village include:
- Tutong Sixth Form Centre, the only sixth form college in the district
- Sayyidina 'Othman Secondary School, the government secondary school for the residents of Mukim Telisai
- Dewan Kemasyarakatan Bukit Beruang, the village community hall
- Bukit Beruang Fire Station, opened in 2014 and one of the only three fire stations in the district.[6]
References
- "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- "Tutong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 9. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "HM presents keys to 601 new homeowners, tours Tutong - The Scoop". The Scoop. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "Tutong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 22. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Abd. Karim HAB (30 August 2004). "64 orang menerima geran dan lot tanah" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 49 #35 (published 1 September 2004). Jabatan Penerangan. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- "Laman Utama - Carta Organisasi". fire-rescue.gov.bn. Retrieved 29 September 2017.