Mukim Bangar

Mukim Bangar is a mukim in Temburong District, Brunei. It has a total area of 113 square kilometres (44 sq mi);[1] the population was 2,449 in 2016.[2] The mukim encompasses Bangar, the district's sole town and administrative centre.

This article is about the mukim subdivision. For the town, see Bangar, Brunei.

Mukim Bangar
Mukim
Bangar is in yellow.
Bangar is in yellow.
Coordinates: 4°42′30″N 115°4′25″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTemburong
Area
[1]
 • Total113 km2 (44 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total2,449
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
PAxx51

Name

The mukim could be named after the town Bangar, which is also the predominant settlement it encompasses.

Batang Tuau is a geographical name that does not resemble an animal or a bird. Awang Sigar claims that Tuau is the Murut word for merak, a kind of peafowl. He claimed that the area used to have a lot of peafowls. The area was actually called batang because a large tree was preferred by peafowl, who used to perch from its branches.[3]

Geography

The mukim is located in the north-west of the Temburong District, bordering Mukim Labu to the north, Mukim Batu Apoi to the east, Mukim Amo to the south-east, Mukim Bokok to the south-west and Limbang District in the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the west and north. Mukim Bangar has one island within its vicinity which is Pulau Kibi.

Demographics

As of 2016 census,[2] the population was 2,449 with 54% males and 46% females. The mukim had 535 households occupying 515 dwellings. Among the population, 25.6% lived in urban areas, while the remainder of 74.4% lived in rural areas.

Villages

As of 2016, the mukim comprised the following census villages:[2]

VillagePopulation
(2016)
Bangar (Pekan Bangar)626
Kampong Bang Bulan32
Kampong Batang Tuau274
Kampong Batu Bejarah109
Kampong Belingos29
Kampong Gadong[lower-alpha 1] 41
Kampong Kinalong25
Kampong Lagau67
Kampong Menengah[lower-alpha 2] 230
Kampong Parit Belayang70
Kampong Piungan19
Kampong Puni288
Kampong Semamang8
Kampong Seri Tanjong Belayang88
Kampong Sungai Tanam110
Kampong Sungai Tanit203
Kampong Sungai Sulok82
Kampong Ujong Jalan148
Total2,449

Border crossings

There is a road border crossing into Malaysia's Sarawak state at Kampung Ujung Jalan, 5km from Bangar town. Previously the crossing had to be done by vehicular ferry across the Pandaruan River which forms the Brunei-Malaysia border. However, a Malaysia-Brunei Friendship Bridge has been constructed and opened to vehicular traffic on 8 December 2013.

Both Brunei and Malaysia have constructed new customs, immigration and quarantine checkpoints at the location of the crossing. The Brunei checkpoint is called the Ujung Jalan Immigration Checkpoint. Before the construction of the bridge, the Brunei customs, immigration and quarantine checkpoint was housed in a wooden building in Kampung Puni, 500m from the ferry landing towards Bangar, while Malaysian customs and immigration procedures had to be carried out at Limbang wharf in Limbang, 15km away as there was no checkpoint at Pandaruan.

  • Old Brunei entry stamp from the Puni border checkpoint before the opening of the Ujung Jalan checkpoint.
    Old Brunei entry stamp from the Puni border checkpoint before the opening of the Ujung Jalan checkpoint.
  • Ujung Jalan checkpoint exit stamp.
    Ujung Jalan checkpoint exit stamp.

Notes
  1. Not to be confused with Gadong, a commercial area in the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan
  2. Not to be confused with the village of the same name in Mukim Lamunin, Tutong District

References
  1. "Jabatan Daerah Temburong, Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri - MUKIM BANGAR". temburong.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Statistics Department. December 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. Mohd Yunos, Rozan (2013). SEMINAR UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ASIA, SOUTHEAST DIVISION (PDF). p. 19.


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