Kampong Sungai Teraban

Kampong Sungai Teraban is a village in Belait District, Brunei, near the district's principal town Kuala Belait. It has an area of 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi);[1] the population was 1,082 in 2016.[2] It is one of the administrative villages within Mukim Kuala Belait.

Kampong Sungai Teraban
Village
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°34′58″N 114°10′40″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictBelait
MukimKuala Belait
Area
[1]
 • Total22 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,082
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
KA3331

Geography

The village is located at the mouth of the Belait River, and on the opposite bank of the town centre of Kuala Belait. It is also the westernmost settlement in the country, near the Brunei–Malaysia border.

History

The village was initially known as Kampung Seberang.[1] The name "Teraban" is believed to have derived from the Belait language-word telabin which means 'a resting or stopping place' — it is believed that the area was once a stopping place for boats and ships on the way upstream to Kuala Balai which was once the administrative centre of what is now Kuala Belait.[1]

It is believed that the village was founded by a Melanau who migrated from the present-day Sarawak.[1] The original inhabitants were the Belait people and they were mostly fisherman.[1]

Infrastructures

Access to the village from Kuala Belait and elsewhere in the country involves crossing the Belait River. It is currently served by the Rasau Bridge and replaced the ferry service which is now no longer in operation.[3]

The local primary school is Sungai Teraban Primary School (Sekolah Rendah Sungai Teraban). A temporary building was built in 1968 by the villagers on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site.[1] It was then replaced by a permanent building which was inaugurated in 1983.[3] It also houses a sekolah ugama ("religious school" i.e. school for the country's Islamic religious primary education).

The village mosque is Kampong Sungai Teraban Mosque. It was completed in 1994 and can accommodate 1,400 worshippers.[4]

The first piped water supply was installed in the village in 1963.[5] Previously, the water supply was obtained through rainwater.[5]

The village has a petrol station; the Kampong Sungai Teraban Farmers Cooporative's Petrol Station was opened in 2002.[3]

There is a government plan to develop the village into a border town and free trade area.[6]

References
  1. Dk. Hajah Saidah Pg. Haji Omaralli (10 January 2015). "Menyusur Kampung Sungai Teraban" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 60 #4. Jabatan Penerangan. p. 11. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. p. 137. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. "Belait Under Royal Scrutiny". Radio Television Brunei. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2007 – via BruneiDirect.Com.
  4. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Sungai Teraban". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. "Timbalan Menteri Besar Brunei merasmikan pembukaan paip2 bekalan ayer" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 8 #23. Jabatan Siaran Radio dan Penerangan, Brunei. 4 December 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  6. Liza Mohd (4 December 2006). "Kg Sg Teraban Development Goes On Show In Belait". Borneo Bulletin. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2007 – via BruneiDirect.Com.
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