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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kampong Birau

Kampong Birau is a village in the north-east of Tutong District, Brunei, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the district town Pekan Tutong. It has an area of 13.5 square miles (35 km); the population was 989 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Kiudang, a mukim in the district.

Facilities

Birau Primary School is the village primary school; it was inaugurated on 15 February 1955. It also shares grounds with Birau Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education.

Kampong Birau Mosque is the village mosque; it was established on 18 January 1963. The current building was inaugurated on 2 August 1991 by the then Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah. It can accommodate 300 worshippers.

References

  1. ^ 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. 30.
  2. ^ Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. pp. 53–55. OCLC 866690368.
  3. ^ "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ Tutong District (PDF). Information Department. 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Birau". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 8 July 2021.