Muara Beach

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Muara Beach
Pantai Muara
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Location Muara, Serasa, Brunei-Muara
Nearest city Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara
Coordinates 5°02′16″N115°04′28″E / 5.0379012°N 115.0745247°E / 5.0379012; 115.0745247
Governing bodyBandar Seri Begawan Municipal Department

Muara Beach (Malay : Pantai Muara) is a beach in Muara, Mukim Serasa, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. [1] [2] The beach used to stretch up to Pelumpong Spit, before they were cut apart in order to make way for easy access to Muara Port in the 1960s. [3] [1] The beach is located at an estimated distance of 27 km from Bandar Seri Begawan, [4] and 3 km from Muara Port. [5]

History

On 10 June 1945, an amphibious assault was carried out at Green Beach (code for Muara Beach) during the Battle of Brunei, [6] by the 2/15th and 2/17th Battalions of the Australian Army in then Japan-occupied Brunei. [7] A war memorial was built on the beach in honor of this assault. [8]

The 11 hectare Muara Beach Recreational Park was officially opened in 2006. [9] It consisted of a 1.2 km track, volleyball field, beach football field, camping site and many more. [9] On 2 January 2022, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) organized a beach cleaning campaign. [10]

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