Kampong Batu Apoi

Kampong Batu Apoi is a village in Temburong District, Brunei, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) East from the district town Bangar.[2] The population was 106 in 2016.[1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Batu Apoi. The postcode is PC1151.[3]

"Batu Apoi" redirects here. For the mukim subdivision, see Mukim Batu Apoi. For the forest reserve, see Batu Apoi Forest Reserve.

Kampong Batu Apoi
Village
Kampong Batu Apoi is located in Brunei
Kampong Batu Apoi
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°42′53″N 115°06′41″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTemburong
MukimBatu Apoi
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total106
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
PC1151

Name

Sungai Batu Apoi is where Batu Apoi gets its name. Long ago, there was a Murut longhouse there beside the river. Their myth states that a hot rock that was formerly upstream gave Batu Apoi its name. The presence of this rock rendered the entire area inhospitable and unusable to humans. Suddenly a Murut cultural hero appeared one day. He looked at the fiery rock and then tossed it into the sea far away with all of his might. He therefore made the entire region livable and secure so that the Muruts may settle there and live. Firey rock is referred to as Batu Api or Batu Apoi in Murut, a term that has become extensively used up to this point. Apoi is the Murut word for api.[4]

Geography

At Batu Apoi Estate, an estimate of 258 inches (6,600 mm) of rainfall was recorded in 1938, which was the wettest year on record.[5]

History

Prior to the discovery of oil in Seria, mukims Labu and Batu Apoi were the main rubber-producing regions, and each mukim has a sizable rubber plantation.[6] According to a 1916 report, a factory and other structures were built on the Batu Apoi Estate, which was owned by the Liverpool (Brunei) Para Rubber Estates, and all the necessary preparations were made to begin tapping over a small area in the new year.[7][8] In 1934, Batu Apoi Estate and Biang Estate had a population of 229 and 130 laborers.[9]

Facilities

Sultan Hashim Primary School is the village's government primary school. It also shares grounds with Sultan Hashim Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

The village mosque is Kampong Batu Apoi Mosque. It was inaugurated on 4 September 1987 and can accommodate 200 worshippers.[10]

The village is also home to the PKBN Base Training Camp, the country's voluntary military national service.

Batu Apoi Industrial Complex, a small 5.4 hectares (13 acres) industrial estate.[11][12]

References
  1. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. Area, Allied Forces South West Pacific. Terrain Study No. Allied Geographical Section. p. 81.
  3. "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. Mohd Yunos, Rozan (2013). SEMINAR UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ASIA, SOUTHEAST DIVISION (PDF). p. 15.
  5. Settlements, Straits (1938). Annual Departmental Reports of the Straits Settlements for the Year ...: (as Laid Before the Legislative Council). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1066.
  6. Khoo, Soo Hock; Geografi, Universiti Malaya Jabatan (1976). Brunei in Transition: Aspects of Its Human Geography in the Sixties. Department of Geography, University of Malaya. p. 88.
  7. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1916). Parliamentary Papers: 1909-1982. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 7.
  8. Board of Trade Journal. H.M. Stationery Office. 1917. p. 612.
  9. Colonial Reports--annual. H.M. Stationery Office. 1934. p. 8.
  10. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Batu Apoi". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  11. Special Economic Zones for Shared Prosperity: Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area. Asian Development Bank. 1 November 2022. ISBN 978-92-9269-783-9.
  12. "DARE seeks entrepreneurs in Batu Apoi | The BT Archive". btarchive.org. Retrieved 17 April 2023.


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