Pancha Delima, Brunei

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Pancha Delima
Village
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Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°56′28″N114°56′53″E / 4.941070°N 114.947980°E / 4.941070; 114.947980 Coordinates: 4°56′28″N114°56′53″E / 4.941070°N 114.947980°E / 4.941070; 114.947980
Country Brunei
District Brunei-Muara
Mukim Berakas 'A'
Government [1] [2] [3]
 •  Village head Zulkifli Ya'akub
Postcode BB4513

Pancha Delima is a small residential neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Berakas A, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District; the incumbent ketua kampung or village head is Zulkifli bin Awang Ya'akub. [1] [2] [3] The postcode for Pancha Delima is BB4513. [4]

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

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace, is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was 423,196 in 2016.

Villages of Brunei settlement and local administrative unit in Brunei

A village is the third and lowest administrative division of Brunei. It is headed by a village head. Villages are subdivisions of the subdistricts of Brunei. A village may have a population ranging from a few hundreds to less than ten thousand people.

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Name

Pancha Delima is officially known in Malay as Kampung Pancha Delima (Kampung is sometimes spelt as Kampong), [4] which literally means 'Pancha Delima Village'.

Malay language Austronesian language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. 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.

Geography

Pancha Delima is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District. It is one of the neighbourhoods in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan and contiguous with the residential neighbourhoods of Pengiran Siraja Muda to the east, Orang Kaya Besar Imas to the south-east and Anggerek Desa to the south. [5]

Orang Kaya Besar Imas Village in Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Orang Kaya Besar Imas is a small residential neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Berakas A, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. The postcode for Orang Kaya Besar Imas is BB4113.

Anggerek Desa Village in Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Anggerek Desa is a neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Berakas A, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. Anggerek Desa mainly comprises residential area but has also headquarters of a few government agencies. The postcode for Anggerek Desa is BB3713.

History

Pancha Delima was one of the areas designated by the government of Brunei for the relocation of Kampong Ayer residents to resettle on land, under the National Resettlement Scheme in the 1950s. [6] The residents of Pancha Delima who were under the relocation programme resettled in the area in 1958 and they originally came from the Kampong Ayer neighbourhoods of Sumbiling Lama and Sultan Lama. [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.

Administration

The area of Pancha Delima is officially administered as a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the village-level subdivisions under Berakas 'A', a mukim or subdistrict of Brunei-Muara. However, its community is currently administered together with that of neighbouring Anggerek Desa under a single village head (Malay : ketua kampung) and the incumbent is Zulkifli bin Awang Ya'akub; [2] [1] [3] he is also the acting Village Head of Orang Kaya Besar Imas and Pulaie. [2]

Administrative divisions of Brunei cover article for different levels of administrative divisions of Brunei

The administrative divisions of Brunei mainly consist of daerah (districts), mukim (subdistricts) and kampung or kampong (villages). They are organised hierarchically, with daerah being the first level and kampong the third level.

Berakas 'A' is a mukim or subdistrict of Brunei-Muara, Brunei. It borders the mukims of Mentiri and Berakas 'B' to the east, Kianggeh to the south, Gadong 'B' to the south-west and Gadong 'A' to the west, as well as the South China Sea to the north. The community of Berakas 'A' is headed by a penghulu and the incumbent is Abdul Ahmad bin Husain. In 2011, the population of Berakas 'A' was 31,180.

Mukims of Brunei intermediate subdivision of Brunei

A mukim is the second-level administrative division of Brunei, and the primary subdivision of a district. The community is headed by a penghulu. A mukim is further divided into villages.

Since 2007, Pancha Delima has also become part of Bandar Seri Begawan's municipality with the expansion of its spatial jurisdiction. [7]

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Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu Neighbourhood and village in Berakas A, Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu, commonly known as Delima Satu or Pengiran Siraja Muda, is a neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is also a village subdivision under Berakas A, a mukim (subdistrict) in Brunei-Muara District. Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is primarily a residential area but also contains the commercial area of Delima, one of the commercial areas in the capital. The postcode for Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is BB5113.

Tasek Meradun Neighbourhood and village in Kilanas, Brunei-Muara, Brunei

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Salambigar Village in Brunei-Muara, Brunei

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