14-527: Kampong Bolkiah is a village and housing estate in Kampong Ayer , the traditional riverine settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan , the capital of Brunei . The total population was 2,143 in 2016. Prior to the early 1980s, the area of what is now Kampong Bolkiah was still uninhabited. A few houses had been built in the area as of 1985; in 1994, it was reported that there were 48 houses and they were part of
28-496: A community , such as a neighborhood , village , condominium , cooperative , or group of homeowners or property owners in a delineated geographic area. Participation may be voluntary, require a specific residency, or require participation in an intentional community . Community associations may serve as social clubs , community promotional groups, service organizations , youth sports group, community gardens, or quasi-governmental groups. This organization-related article
42-492: A mukim in Brunei-Muara District . They have also been subsumed under the municipal area of Bandar Seri Begawan. Kampong Bolkiah Religious School is the village's sekolah ugama i.e. school for the country's Islamic religious primary education . It was established in 1999. The school complex occupies seven of the houses, out of which six for classrooms and one for administration office. Prior to its establishment,
56-434: A mukim . A village is generally the traditional rural settlement , in particular in the sense of a kampong or Malay traditional village, but it may also be an urbanised settlement within or near the capital city or a town , or part of the public housing estates . The population varies from hundreds to a few thousands. Villages are administered under the district office of the district where they belong. A village
70-514: A primary school. Because the majority of Brunei's population is Muslims, many villages have mosques , particularly serving the need of Jumu'ah or congregational Friday prayers, as well as a religious primary school for its resident Muslim pupils. There are also at least a grocery store present in many villages, as well as a few other miscellaneous shops such as eateries, tailors, and barbers or salons. A village may have population ranging from hundreds to less than ten thousand people. Also, not all of
84-462: Is headed by a village head ( ketua kampung ). It is an elected position, whereby the populace nominates candidates to the district office and votes among the approved nominees. The nominee may be of an age between 30 and 55 years old. The elected person shall be in office for up to ten years. A village may also have a Village Consultative Council ( Majlis Perundingan Kampung ), the local equivalent of community association . A key outcome of
98-450: The council is One Village One Product ( Satu Kampung Satu Produk , abbreviated as "1K1P"), which promotes local goods produced in the village. It was stated on 13 October 1976, that the four districts of Brunei had come up with a plan wherein signboards listing the names of the villages would be placed in each kampong. At the edges of each village, the boards will be erected. There are already signboards in place at almost every village in
112-491: The districts of Brunei-Muara, Belait, and around 50 in Tutong. A typical Bruneian village may have basic socio-economic infrastructures which are similar to other villages elsewhere but may also be unique to Brunei or countries which have predominantly Islamic Malay culture. For communal purposes, there may be a balai raya or dewan kemasyarakatan , the local equivalent of a community centre . A Bruneian village typically has
126-548: The existing village Kampong Buang Sakar which was administered under the village head of Kampong Kasat . Kampong Bolkiah was established on 5 October 1992 by the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation as a housing scheme to accommodate the residents from the villages of Kampong Setia Pahlawan , Kampong Peramu , Kampong Saba , Kampong Petagian, Kampong Kota Batu and Kampong Sungai Matan who had lost homes due to events of fire. The construction of
140-564: The houses began in 1993 and completed in the following year. It was inaugurated on 22 August 1994 by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah . The second phase of the housing scheme involved the construction of another 250 homes. It was built to accommodate another group of residents who had lost their homes to fires in 1993. The second phase eventually becomes the administrative village Kampong Bolkiah 'B'. For subdivision purposes Kampong Bolkiah has been divided into, and established as, two administrative villages : Both villages are under Mukim Sungai Kebun ,
154-403: The local students go to the religious schools in the neighbouring villages. The village has a health clinic which has been in operation since 2003. There is a mini local library inside the branch office of the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation located in the village. A community centre for the local youths was established in 2021; it occupies a former house which has been donated for
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#1732852053215168-417: The populaces may also be subjected under the jurisdiction of respective municipal departments. Even though Kampong Ayer has the term ' kampong ' in its name, it is not officially a village subdivision. In fact, Kampong Ayer is made up of several villages constituting a few subdistricts. Community association A community association is a nongovernmental association of participating members of
182-421: The purpose. Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque is the village mosque. This Brunei location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Villages of Brunei A village ( Malay : kampung or kampong ) is the third and lowest administrative division of Brunei . It is headed by a village head ( ketua kampung ). Several villages are grouped together to form
196-568: The socio-economic amenities are present in every village. Some villages do not have primary and/or religious primary school – prospective resident pupils go to the schools in nearby villages. Some village subdivisions are simply designated public housing areas but having the population size comparable to a village. Other villages, especially in the more urban areas, may be large enough to function socio-economically as towns but without any municipal body. Several villages may also be part of municipal areas of Bandar Seri Begawan and other district towns, thus
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