Bangar, Brunei

Bangar is the town of the Bruneian district of Temburong, an isolated territorial exclave separated from the rest of the country by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The population of the town proper was 626 in 2016.[1]

For the mukim subdivision, see Mukim Bangar.

Bangar
Pekan Bangar
Town and village
Bangar Town
Clockwise from top left: Bangar at night, Temburong market, Temburong Permata Hijau sign, Temburong Main Bumiputra Complex
Bangar, Brunei is located in Brunei
Bangar, Brunei
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°42′31″N 115°04′26″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTemburong
MukimBangar
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total626
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
PA1151

Name

The town has a literal descriptive name where Bangar meant a place of smelly dryish deadwood swamp.[2]

Geography

One main road runs through the town, roughly east–west. Headed east of Bangar is Lawas, Sarawak (Malaysia) and to the west is the river crossing to Limbang, Sarawak (Malaysia). The road is the major route to the local quarry where boulders are collected, processed and shipped to stockyards in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, for construction companies.

Administration

Bangar is an unincorporated town; it has no municipal body. It is only a village subdivision within Mukim Bangar, a mukim in the district.[3][4][5] It has the postcode PA1151.[6]

Climate

Bangar has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Bangar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.1
(86.2)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.7
(87.3)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.1
(88.0)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.1
(88.0)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.6
(87.1)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.8
(87.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.4
(81.3)		 28.0
(82.4)		 28.0
(82.4)		 27.9
(82.2)		 27.6
(81.7)		 27.6
(81.7)		 27.6
(81.7)		 27.5
(81.5)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.5
(81.5)
Average low °C (°F) 24.1
(75.4)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.6
(76.3)		 24.7
(76.5)		 24.5
(76.1)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.3
(75.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 380
(15.0)		 258
(10.2)		 258
(10.2)		 310
(12.2)		 360
(14.2)		 278
(10.9)		 298
(11.7)		 294
(11.6)		 385
(15.2)		 389
(15.3)		 410
(16.1)		 392
(15.4)		 4,012
(158)
Source: Climate-Data.org[7]

References
  1. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. Mohd Yunos, Rozan (2013). SEMINAR UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ASIA, SOUTHEAST DIVISION (PDF). p. 2.
  3. Brunei Darussalam street directory : quick & easy reference maps., Brunei Press Sdn. Bhd., 2014, pp. 188–189 & 198–199, ISBN 9789991732411, OCLC 932264901
  4. "Temburong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. "Jabatan Daerah Temburong, Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri - MUKIM BANGAR". temburong.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. "Climate: Bangar". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  • Media related to Bangar at Wikimedia Commons
  • Bangar travel guide from Wikivoyage


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