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Kampong Tumasek (Malay: Kampung Tumasek) or simply known as Tumasek, is an area in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, as well as a village within Mukim Kianggeh in Brunei-Muara District. The population was 673 in 2016. [ 2 ]
Temasek (also spelt Temasik or Tumasik) is an early recorded name of a settlement on the site of modern Singapore.The name appears in early Malay and Javanese literature, and it is also recorded in Yuan and Ming Chinese documents as Danmaxi (Chinese: 單馬錫; pinyin: Dānmǎxī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tan-má-sek or Chinese: 淡馬錫; pinyin: Dànmǎxī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-má-sek).
Kampong Pelambayan (Malay: Kampung Pelambayan; also Kampong Pelambaian) or simply known as Pelambayan. is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is also a neighbourhood in the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 714 in 2016. [2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Kota Batu. The postcode is BD2317. [3]
Due to its location at the hulu (the interior or beginning) of the Brunei River, Kampong Burong Pingai was previously known as Kampong Ulu-Ulu.According to legend, the hamlet was named Kampong Burong Pingai because a pembalat (a person who uses a bamboo basket to capture fish or builds fish traps out of bamboo) from Kampong Saba discovered a white bird making the sound "pingai, pingai, pingai ...
Kampong Kiulap (Malay: Kampung Kiulap) or commonly known as Kiulap, is a village in Brunei–Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood and commercial area in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. It has an area of 176.53 hectares (436.2 acres); [3] the population was 3,400 in 2016. [4] It is one of the villages within Mukim Gadong 'B'.
According to folktales, the history of Kampong Tasek Meradun originated at the Tasek approximately 150 meters high with a width of eight meters and this place is often and always visited by the public for picnics. In the 1950s, it was clear that the head of the village, it was a place where people bathed in order to find strength and good health.
Pulau Ambok (Monkey Island), [5] located in the former Kampong Petagian near the Pintu Malim Mosque and the Haji Abdul Latif Timber Mill, is historically significant for several events. It served as a stronghold where Pengiran Bendahara Sakam trained Brunei warriors for the battle against the Spanish forces during the 1578–1579 Castilian War .
Kampong Sungai Akar [a] (Malay: Kampung Sungai Akar) or commonly known as Sungai Akar, is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 5,467 in 2016.