Kampong Belais
Kampong Belais is located in Brunei
Kampong Belais
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°40′23″N 115°02′31″E / 4.673°N 115.042°E / 4.673; 115.042
CountryBrunei
DistrictTemburong
MukimBokok
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total141
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)

Kampong Belais is a village in Temburong District, Brunei. The population is 141 in 2016.[lower-alpha 1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Bokok.

Name

The name belais is a type of fish.[2]

Administration

For census and postcode purposes Kampong Belais is established as two villages:

Village Population
(2016)[1]
Postcode[3]
Kampong Belais Besar 94 PE1351
Kampong Belais Kecil 47 PE1551
Total 141 -

Kampong Belais shares a village head (ketua kampung) with Kampong Buda-Buda.

Facilities

The village mosque is Kampong Belais Mosque. The construction began in 1994 and completed in 1996.[4] It can accommodate 300 worshippers.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ see Administration section

References

  1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Mohd Yunos, Rozan (2013). SEMINAR UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ASIA, SOUTHEAST DIVISION (PDF). p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Belais". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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