Tamoi Tengah

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Tamoi Tengah
Neighbourhood and village
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Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°52′51″N114°55′59″E / 4.880842°N 114.933060°E / 4.880842; 114.933060 Coordinates: 4°52′51″N114°55′59″E / 4.880842°N 114.933060°E / 4.880842; 114.933060
Country Brunei
District Brunei-Muara
Mukim Tamoi
Government [1]
 •  Village head Tarif Asgar
Postcode BL2112

Tamoi Tengah is a small neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer, the riverine stilt settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Tamoi, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. The postcode for Tamoi Tengah is BL2112. [2] [3]

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.

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

As a village subdivision, Tamoi is officially known in Malay as Kampung Tamoi Tengah (Kampung is sometimes spelt as Kampong), [2] which literally means 'Tamoi Tengah 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.

Tamoi Tengah and the neighbouring Tamoi Ujong are often collectively known as Tamoi. [4] [5]

Tamoi Ujong Neighbourhood and village in Tamoi, Brunei-Muara, Brunei

Tamoi Ujong is a small neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer, the riverine stilt settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Tamoi, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District. The postcode for Tamoi Tengah is BL2312.

Administration

The community of Tamoi Tengah is jointly administered with Tamoi Ujong under one village head (Malay : ketua kampung) and the incumbent is Tarif bin Asgar. [1] [5]

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kg Tamoi Tengah, Kg Tamoi Ujong Elected New Village Consultative Council Committee | Brunei's No.1 News Website". www.brudirect.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. 1 2 "Brunei Postal Services - postcodes". post.gov.bn. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Kampong Tamoi Tengah, Tamoi, Brunei Muara: BL2112". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Joint Patrol Conducted at Mukim Tamoi Vicinity | Brunei's No.1 News Website". www.brudirect.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. 1 2 "Anti-crime patrol held in Kg Tamoi – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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