Bangar, Brunei

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Bangar
Pekan Bangar
Town
Bangar Town
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Clockwise from top left: Bangar town foyer, Temburong market, Temburong sign, Sultan's Silver Jubilee arch
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Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°42′31″N115°04′26″E / 4.7086°N 115.0739°E / 4.7086; 115.0739
Country Brunei
District Temburong
Mukim Bangar
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
451
Time zone UTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
PA1151

Bangar ( BAHNG-gahr ) [1] or officially known as Bandar Town (Malay : Pekan Bangar), is a town and administrative centre of Temburong District, Brunei, an isolated territorial exclave separated from the rest of the country by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The population of the town proper was 451 in 2021. [2] A number of tiny retail establishments may be found throughout the town, providing everything from clothing to handicrafts to basic needs. [3]

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Etymology

The origin name of the town has not been fully established thus several possibilities were opened up. A document published by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, claimed that the town has a literal descriptive name where Bangar meant a place of smelly dryish deadwood swamp. [4] Meanwhile the Kampong Belingos Protection Council (Majlis Perundingan Kampung Belingos) claimed that the word Bangar is derived from a Murut tribe that means board (papan). [5]

The origin of this term may be traced back to a location where the Murut people formerly donated boards for the construction of homes, huts, and boats close to the Pekan Bangar creek. Thus, Bengar was given to the region. However, the Survey Department at the time altered the name to Bangar. Old Bangar Town and New Bangar Town were the original divisions of Bangar Town. But as of late, that name has been dropped and replaced with Pekan Bangar alone. [5]

Geography

One main road runs through the town, roughly east–west. Headed east of Bangar is Lawas, Sarawak (Malaysia) and to the west is the river crossing to Limbang, Sarawak (Malaysia). The road is the major route to the local quarry where boulders are collected, processed and shipped to stockyards in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, for construction companies. The town has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Bangar
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)30.1
(86.2)		30.0
(86.0)		30.7
(87.3)		31.4
(88.5)		31.4
(88.5)		31.4
(88.5)		31.1
(88.0)		31.0
(87.8)		31.1
(88.0)		30.8
(87.4)		30.6
(87.1)		30.5
(86.9)		30.8
(87.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)27.1
(80.8)		27.0
(80.6)		27.4
(81.3)		28.0
(82.4)		28.0
(82.4)		27.9
(82.2)		27.6
(81.7)		27.6
(81.7)		27.6
(81.7)		27.5
(81.5)		27.3
(81.1)		27.3
(81.1)		27.5
(81.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)24.1
(75.4)		24.1
(75.4)		24.2
(75.6)		24.6
(76.3)		24.7
(76.5)		24.5
(76.1)		24.2
(75.6)		24.2
(75.6)		24.2
(75.6)		24.2
(75.6)		24.1
(75.4)		24.2
(75.6)		24.3
(75.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)380
(15.0)		258
(10.2)		258
(10.2)		310
(12.2)		360
(14.2)		278
(10.9)		298
(11.7)		294
(11.6)		385
(15.2)		389
(15.3)		410
(16.1)		392
(15.4)		4,012
(158)
Source: Climate-Data.org [6]

Administration

Bangar is an unincorporated town; it has no municipal body. It is only a village subdivision within Mukim Bangar, a mukim in the district. [7] [8] [9] It has the postcode PA1151. [10] The town serves as a stopover and a communication hub and is the district administrative headquarters. [11]

Transportation

Road

Driving and going through the Puni Immigration Control Post in order to pass the Malaysian state of Sarawak's border at Limbang. More projects to improve road infrastructures, including those in Temburong District, would be carried out through the National Development Plan 2007–2012. These projects include repairing earth slips at various locations, upgrading high density roads to residential areas, replacing existing wooden bridges, and rehabilitating Jalan Bangar–Puni–Labu. [3]

Water

The town sitting along the Temburong River in 2012. Bangar.jpg
The town sitting along the Temburong River in 2012.

The Pekan Bangar Boat Terminal construction project got under way on 19 June 2008, and it was finished on 19 December 2009. On 7 January 2010, Pehin Dato Haji Awang Abu Bakar, formally opened the terminal. The National Development Plan project that resulted in the construction of this port cost roughly $1.4 million. The route involves taking a boat to Bangar Town via Temburong River, which departs from a dock along the Brunei River. It should take 45 minutes to complete the route. [3]

The Bangar Passenger Jetty Terminal reopened on 13 March 2018, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Brunei Darussalam (MPABD), and offered boarding and disembarkation services for passenger boats traveling from Bangar to Bandar Seri Begawan. [12]

All passenger services of the jetty permanently closed their operations after Radio Television Brunei (RTB) Temburong District took over the Bangar MPABD building as their new branch once renovation works were completed on 1 March 2022. The Passenger Jetty Terminal continues to exist but remains unused. [13]

Air

Commercial travellers would have to travel to either Bandar Seri Begawan or Miri to catch a commercial flight. [14] The Bangar Helipad is the sole aviation facility. [15]

Infrastructure

Government

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Bangar Camp

Government facilities in Bangar include:

Commerce

Bumiputera Main Complex has a variety of stores are housed on the three floors of this building, including a grocery store, a handicraft and souvenir shop, a cake shop, restaurants, a textile shop, a dhobi, a travel agency, and many more. [3]

Tamu Aneka Temburong is a market to sample regional specialties, which are widely accessible at this dry market in the town across from the Youth Centre. [3]

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Sultan Hassan Primary School

Education

Schools in Bangar include:

The Temburong District Library is a public library which sits on Jalan Labu, Eastern half of the town. [24]

Tourist attractions

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Tugu Peringatan 1962

Recreation and sports

Notes

  1. ↑ The names on the monument are Pengiran Besar bin Pengiran Kula (acting district officer of Temburong), Sarjan 20, Pengiran Ali bin Pengiran Ghani (Brunei police officer), PC 175, Chen Tong Seng (police officer), Mohamed Hasan bin Ma'un, Sabli bin Ampuan Judah, Abdul Hamid bin Ahmad, and Abdul Ghani bin Abdullah.
  2. ↑ Haji Salleh bin Ampuan Haji Judah and Ang Ping Hui

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