Kampong Bukit Udal

Kampong Bukit Udal is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the district town Pekan Tutong. It has an area of 13 square kilometres (5.0 square miles);[1] the population was 1,306 in 2016.[2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Tanjong Maya, a mukim in the district.[3]

Kampong Bukit Udal
Village
Kampong Bukit Udal is located in Brunei
Kampong Bukit Udal
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°43′46″N 114°39′00″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTutong
MukimTanjong Maya
Area
[1]
 • Total13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,306
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
TD2341

Name

There was allegedly a significant flood in the area once. All creatures, including people, animals, and even insects, raced to Bukit Kukub, a high region. There was not enough food even though everything that could live was present. All the grasses were consumed, and the area was given the name Bukit Badal since the Tutong term for bald is badal. For unexplained reasons, the word Badal was changed to Dudal, and in the 1940s, Bukit Udal was given its official name.[4]

Facilities

Bukit Udal Primary School is the village primary school. It also shares grounds with Bukit Udal Religious School, the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education.

Kampong Bukit Udal Mosque is the village mosque. It was built in 1995 and can accommodate 200 worshippers.[5]

References
  1. "Rencana - Taman peranginan Nak Pulau Kampung Bukit..." Pelita Brunei (in Malay). Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. Tutong District (PDF). Information Department. 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. Mohd Yunos, Rozan (2013). SEMINAR UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ASIA, SOUTHEAST DIVISION (PDF). pp. 17–18.
  5. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Bukit Udal". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 23 April 2018.


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