Bunut Perpindahan

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Bunut Perpindahan

Perpindahan Bunut
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Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°51′02″N114°53′17″E / 4.850648°N 114.887932°E / 4.850648; 114.887932 Coordinates: 4°51′02″N114°53′17″E / 4.850648°N 114.887932°E / 4.850648; 114.887932
Country Brunei
District Brunei-Muara
Mukim Kilanas
Founded1951 (1951)

Bunut Perpindahan (also Perpindahan Bunut) is a neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Kilanas, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District.

Bandar Seri Begawan Municipality in Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital city of the Sultanate of Brunei. It is officially governed as a municipality. Bandar Seri Begawan has an estimated population of 100,700, and including the whole Brunei-Muara District, the metro area has an estimated population of 279,924.

Brunei Southeast Asian coastal sovereign state

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Name

Bunut Perpindahan is officially known in Malay as Kampung Bunut Perpindahan (Kampung is sometimes spelt as Kampong), which literally means 'Bunut Perpindahan Village'.

Malay language Austronesian language

Malay is an Austronesian language spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Thailand. A language of the Malays, it is spoken by 290 million people across the Strait of Malacca, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and has been established as a native language of part of western coastal Sarawak and West Kalimantan in Borneo. It is also used as a trading language in the southern Philippines, including the southern parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Sulu Archipelago and the southern predominantly Muslim-inhabited municipalities of Bataraza and Balabac in Palawan.

The name 'Bunut Perpindahan' (sometimes 'Perpindahan Bunut') literally means 'Bunut Resettlement' and is named after its residential area which has been one of the housing estates under the National Resettlement Scheme (Malay : Rancangan Perpindahan Negara), [1] as well as its location being near Bunut, the original settlement of the name.

Bunut, Brunei Neighbourhood and village in Kilanas, Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Bunut is a neighbourhood and commercial area in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Kilanas, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. The postcode for Bunut is BF1320.

History

The neighbourhood was first established in 1951 as the first housing estate under the Resettlement Programme, [1] a government programme for the resettlement of Kampong Ayer residents to land. The first several families who resettled in Bunut Perpindahan were originally the inhabitants of Pengiran Bendahara Lama, [2] a neighbourhood in the Tamoi area of Kampong Ayer. They were given incentives to built new homes and additional plot of land for agriculture as new means of sustenance. [2]

Kampong Ayer Place in Brunei

Kampong Ayer is a historical settlement area in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It literally means 'water village'. Kampong Ayer consists of a cluster of traditional stilt villages built on the Brunei River, mainly in the vicinity of the present-day Pusat Bandar or the City Centre. Hence, it has often been dubbed as 'Venice of the East' since the past. Kampong Ayer has been historically the principal settlement of Brunei; it was the de facto capital, in particular social and economic centre, of the Bruneian Empire for a few centuries, but also extending into the early period during British imperialism in Brunei.

Tamoi is a neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer, the stilt settlement on the Brunei River in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a mukim (subdistrict) in Brunei-Muara District, as well as parts of the capital's municipal areas. As a mukim, it is headed by a penghulu and the incumbent is Mokti bin Matsaleh.

See also

Tanjong Bunut Village in Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Tanjong Bunut is a settlement and commercial area in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Kilanas, a mukim (subdistrict) of the district. The postcode for Tanjong Bunut is BF2920.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jabatan Kemajuan Perumahan - Sejarah Ringkas". www.mod.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  2. 1 2 "Jabatan Kemajuan Perumahan - Sejarah Perpindahan Tahun 1950an". www.mod.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-04-14.
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