Labu, Temburong

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Labu

Mukim Labu
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Location of Labu in Temburong District
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Country Brunei
District Temburong
Area
[1]
  Total292 km2 (113 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [2]
  Total590
  Density2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (Brunei Standard Time)
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Labu checkpoint entry stamp.

Labu is a mukim in Temburong District of Brunei. It is located in the north of Temburong District bordering Brunei Bay to the north, Sarawak (Malaysia) to the east, Mukim Batu Apoi to the south, Mukim Bangar to the south-west and Limbang, Sarawak (Malaysia) to the west. Mukim Labu contains several islands: Pulau Selirong, Pulau Selanjak, Pulau Siarau and Pulau Pituat. Labu has a total area of 292 square kilometres (113 sq mi); [1] as of 2016, Labu had a total population of 590. [2]

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Demographics

As of 2016 census, [2] the population of Mukim Labu comprised 309 males and 281 females. The mukim had 124 households occupying 121 dwellings. The entire population lived in rural areas.

Areas and divisions

Mukim Labu includes these following areas:

Other locations

Other locations within the mukim include:

Border crossing

A road border crossing into Sarawak, Malaysia is located in this mukim, along the road between Bangar and Lawas. Called the Labu checkpoint, the crossing is located at the Brunei–Malaysia border east of Bangar.

The Malaysian checkpoint is called Mengkalap. Before the new immigration, customs and quarantine checkpoint complex at the border was completed, the Mengkalap immigration checkpoint operated out of a shoplot in Trusan Bazaar, about 8 km from the border towards Lawas.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jabatan Daerah Temburong, Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri - MUKIM LABU". temburong.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  2. 1 2 3 "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Statistics Department. December 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

Coordinates: 4°47′23″N115°09′55″E / 4.78972°N 115.16528°E / 4.78972; 115.16528