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12-573: Mukim Serasa is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District , Brunei . The population was 16,173 in 2016. The mukim encompasses Muara Town , home to Muara Port , the country's only deepwater port . Serasa is thought to have been given its name by a group of migrant workers who arrived at one of the village's waterways . They took some of the pucuk gajus ( cashew leaves) and pucuk pawas ( sprouts ) as side dishes when they stopped to rest and eat their prepared pais-paisan meals. They discovered

24-422: A 41 hectares (100 acres) lot has been reserved for an extension to the scheme, potentially adding 2,500 more housing units as part of the 2012–2017 National Development Plan . This extension, if approved, would significantly impact population growth and the urban settlement structure of the district. A 0.8 hectares (2.0 acres) site within the scheme has also been designated for "apartments," though further details on

36-483: A penghulu. Several of these penghulus, notably that of Sungai Ujong , Jelebu , Johol and Rembau , became powerful enough to dominate other penghulus. By the early part of the 18th century, the leaders of these four districts started calling themselves Undang . Between 1821 and 1838 (the Padri War ), many Penghulus had allied themselves with Dutch interests in fighting off Wahabite -inspired, Islamic extremism in

48-671: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Penghulu The word penghulu comes from agentive prefix peng- , and the word hulu , meaning "head", and could be translated as "headman". It is cognate with the Tagalog pangulo – the official title of the President of the Philippines . Traditionally, the Minangkabau who at the end of the 17th century settled at Negeri Sembilan , in present-day Malaysia , chose from among themselves

60-476: Is a disused coal mine. It was developed during the period of Charles Brooke 's rule of Sarawak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Muara Naval Base is home to the base of the Royal Brunei Navy . This Brunei location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mukims of Brunei A mukim is a second-level administrative division of Brunei Darussalam , and

72-463: Is an administrative post and is the community leader of a mukim or subdistrict, the second-level administrative division below district which consists of several towns or locally known as kampong (village) ( Malay : daerah ). Until 2015, Appointment of penghulu decided by District Office after receiving recommendations from members of Mukim Consultative Council. After 2015, appointment of penghulus are conducted through local elections by each of

84-559: The area. The situations in Brunei were similar with what was happened in current Indonesia and Malaysia. Office of the Penghulu for ruling executive government in mukim level was created by British administrators to help British colonial government collecting tax from Brunei citizens. Until the reign of Omar Ali Saifuddien III , those given peerage titles, usually, will be reign in particular mukims decided by King of Brunei. In Brunei , penghulu

96-583: The coast of Serasa and the two which are well-known include Pelong Rocks ( Malay : Pulau Pilong-Pilongan ) and Pulau Muara Besar . There are also two sand spits found on its coast: Pelumpong Spit , which is originally a spit but has become a narrow island when an artificial channel was cut to provide access to Muara Port; and Serasa Spit, an artificial spit. As of the 2016 census , the population of Mukim Serasa comprised 8,770 males and 7,403 females. The mukim had 2,946 households occupying 2,878 dwellings. The entire population lived in urban areas . As of 2021,

108-549: The mukim encompasses the following villages : Pengiran Isteri Hajjah Mariam Secondary is the only secondary school within the mukim. Meragang Sixth Form Centre , one of the few sixth form colleges in the country, is located in Kampong Meragang. The RPN Kampong Meragang is a major residential project that would ultimately provide 1,933 housing units, primarily consisting of single detached bungalows, with some attached terrace houses included in phases H1 to H6. Additionally,

120-575: The primary sub-division of a larger district ( daerah ). There are thirty-nine mukims within the four districts of the sultanate Brunei Darussalam. A mukim is led by a penghulu , since 2015 elected by democratic vote. A mukim encompasses a number of villages , known in Malay as kampung or kampong . Mukims are administered by the district office of the district where they are located. [REDACTED] Media related to Mukims of Brunei at Wikimedia Commons This Brunei location article

132-458: The project are unavailable. The coast of Serasa which borders the South China Sea is lined with the beaches of Meragang, Muara, and Tanjong Batu and they have been designated as places of recreation for the public. The coast of the artificial Serasa Spit is also lined with beach features. The area of this Serasa Beach has also been made into a public recreational area. Brooketon Colliery

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144-603: The taste of the pucuk-pucuk to be serasa (fitted to their palates ), after eating it. They settled there and gave the river the name Serasa. Meragang, means red monkey in Dusun . Mukim Serasa is the north-easternmost mukim in the district, its land border is only with Mukim Mentiri to the west; the rest are bounded by the South China Sea to the north and the Brunei Bay to the east and south. There are several island bodies off

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