Belait Beach

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Belait Beach
Pantai Belait
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Location Kuala Belait, Kuala Belait, Belait
Nearest city Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara
Coordinates 4°35′32″N114°12′44″E / 4.5921880°N 114.2121968°E / 4.5921880; 114.2121968
Governing bodyKuala Belait and Seria Municipal Department

Belait Beach (Malay : Pantai Belait), [1] also known as KualaBelait Beach (Malay : Pantai Kuala Belait), [2] is a beach in Kuala Belait, Mukim Kuala Belait, Belait District, Brunei. [3] The beach used to stretch from Kuala Belait to Pelumpong Spit but was cut and split at Muara Beach. [4]

Offshore platforms from the South West Ampa Field can also be seen in distance from the beach. [5] Seawalls have been built along the coastline in order to reduce erosion. [6] Activities such as surf fishing do take place on the beach. [7]

History

In 1930, British Malayan Petroleum Company (BMPC) constructed a telephone line along the Belait coastline which linked up Seria and Rasau. [8] As of 1934, the beach was used as a highway between the town and Tutong District. [9] In which a ferry would take passengers across the Tutong River separating the two districts. [10]

At midnight on 16 December 1941, [11] an amphibious assault was carried out by 10,000 soldiers from the Japanese Kawaguchi Detachment at Belait Beach as part of the Japanese occupation of British Borneo during World War II. [12] [13]

From 2001 to 2005, the Eighth National Development Plan (RKN 8) aimed to build a car park and dumping ground within two separate plans. [14] On 2 February 2020, a company was issued a penalty for illegal dumping on the beach. [15]

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