Kampong Sengkarai
Sengkarai | |
|---|---|
| Kampong Sengkarai | |
 Kampong Sengkarai | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°48′18″N 114°38′46″E / 4.8049°N 114.6462°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Tutong |
| Mukim | Pekan Tutong |
| Government | |
| • Village head | Abdul Aziz Hamdan[1] |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,694 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | TA2341 |
Kampong Sengkarai is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 1,694 in 2021.[2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Pekan Tutong.[3]
Facilities
[edit]Pengiran Dipa Negara Pengiran Jaya Sengkarai Primary School is the village primary school, whereas Sengkarai Religious School is the village school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.
Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam Mosque is the village mosque; it was inaugurated on 7 April 2017 by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and can accommodate 1000 worshippers.[4][5] The mosque has been built to replace Balai Ibadat Kampong Sengkarai, the former village mosque built in 1981 which could no longer accommodate the growing number of worshippers.[6][citation needed]
Notable people
[edit]- Yusuf Abdul Rahim (1923–2016), Menteri Besar of Brunei.[7]
- Abdul Aziz Hamdan, youth advocate and politician
References
[edit]- ^ BUKU DIREKTORI TELEFON PENGHULU-PENGHULU MUKIM DAN KETUA-KETUA KAMPUNG NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (PDF) (in Malay). Vol. 4. Brunei: Bahagian Perancangan Daerah, Ministry of Home Affairs. April 2024. p. 28.
- ^ Department of Economic Planning & Statistics (October 2021). "ANNEX B" (PDF). deps.mofe.gov.bn. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Tutong District (PDF). Information Department. 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Azaraimy HH (8 April 2017). "His Majesty Sultan Brunei Officiates Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam Mosque Sengkarai". Borneo Bulletin.
- ^ Ak. Syi'aruddin Pg. Dauddin (7 April 2017). "Tunaikan Sembahyang Fardu Jumaat pertama di Masjid Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam". Pelita Brunei (in Malay). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "SenaraiMasjid - Balai Ibadat Kampong Sengkarai". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Hab, Rasidah (12 April 2016). "HM pays last respects to ex-chief minister". Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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