Kampong Sengkurong

The names Sengkurong and Bengkurong have a number of different origin stories, but according to Dusun speakers, Sengkurong means Kurong People and Bengkurong means Kurong River. In the past, the region around Sengkurong/Bengkurong was probably known as Kurong. Kurong can also refer to an enclosure. The river that once ran through the area meandered, as do most rivers. It formerly meandered so much that it virtually formed a circle around the location. According to legend, this river's meandering sections once intersected and formed a circle when flooding occurred, but this circular path was interrupted because of the river's rapid flow. Geographically speaking, the circle creates an oxbow lake that is completely cut off from the river. The name kurong, which means to be contained, survived the disappearance of the cut-off portion through time.[1]

Kampong Sengkurong is one of the villages along Jalan Tutong, a primary road which links the capital Bandar Seri Begawan to Pekan Tutong, the town of Tutong District.

For administrative purposes the village has been divided into, and established as, two village subdivisions:

Both are villages within Mukim Sengkurong.

The village contains a commercial area. It is one of the few outside Bandar Seri Begawan and within Brunei-Muara District. The commercial area comprises rows of shophouses, mainly clustered in the vicinity of the intersection between Jalan Tutong and Jalan Jerudong.

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

Sultan Sharif Ali Mosque serves Kampong Sengkurong as well as the surrounding villages. It was inaugurated by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 28 February 1986.[4] The mosque can accommodate 3,000 worshippers.[4]

Other facilities located in the village include:

• Sengkurong Library
• Sengkurong Post Office
• Sengkurong Police Station

• Jerudong