Rimba Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme

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Rimba Landless Indigenous Citizens'
Housing Scheme
Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Rimba
STKRJ Rimba
Public housing estate and village
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Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°56′10″N114°54′05″E / 4.936167°N 114.901300°E / 4.936167; 114.901300 Coordinates: 4°56′10″N114°54′05″E / 4.936167°N 114.901300°E / 4.936167; 114.901300
Country Brunei
District Brunei-Muara
Mukim Gadong 'A'
Government [1]
 •  Village head Abdul Wahab Timbang
Area [1]
 • Total 69.15 ha (170.87 acres)
Population [1]
 • Total 6,800
Postcode BE3119

Rimba Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme (Malay : Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Rimba, abbreviated as STKRJ Rimba) is a public housing estate near Rimba on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village under Gadong 'A', a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. [2] As a village, it has an area of 69.15 hectares (170.9 acres) and the population of 6,800. [1] Rimba Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme is one of the public housing estates in the country under its namesake, which is a government housing programme for the rakyat jati or indigenous citizens of Brunei.

Malay language Austronesian language

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Rimba, Brunei Village in Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Rimba is a settlement on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village under Gadong 'A', a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. Rimba comprises the original Rimba settlement area but it also sometimes refer to the greater area which includes the Rimba public housing estates of the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme and the National Housing Scheme.

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.

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Administration

The public housing estate is officially designated as a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the subdivisions under Gadong 'A', a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. Its community is headed by a village head (Malay : ketua kampung) and the incumbent is Abdul Wahab bin Timbang, which has taken office since 2007. [1] [3] [4]

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.

Village head community leader of a village

A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town.

Rimba Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme and the original Rimba settlement make up the postcode area with the postcode BE3119. [5]

Postal codes in Brunei are known as postcodes and they are alphanumeric, consisting of two letters followed by four digits. Postcodes in Brunei are issued by the Postal Services Department, a government department under the Ministry of Communications.

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  2. ↑ Brunei Darussalam street directory : quick & easy reference maps., Brunei Press Sdn. Bhd., 2014, pp. 61–62, ISBN   9789991732411, OCLC   932264901
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