Kampong Bolkiah
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Bolkiah
Kampung Bolkiah | |
|---|---|
| Kampong Bolkiah | |
 Kampong Bolkiah 'B' | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°51′25″N 114°57′25″E / 4.857°N 114.957°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Brunei-Muara |
| Mukim | Sungai Kebun |
| Inhabited | 1980s |
| Established | 5 October 1992 |
| Inaugurated | 22 August 1994 |
| Population (2016)[a] | |
• Total | 2,143 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcodes | BK1125, BK1325 |
Kampong Bolkiah[b] is a village and housing estate in Kampong Ayer, the traditional riverine settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. The total population was 2,143 in 2016.[a]
Prior to the early 1980s, the area of what is now Kampong Bolkiah was still uninhabited.[1] A few houses had been built in the area as of 1985; in 1994, it was reported that there were 48 houses and they were part of the existing village Kampong Buang Sakar which was administered under the village head of Kampong Kasat.[1]
Kampong Bolkiah was established on 5 October 1992 by the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation[c] as a housing scheme to accommodate the residents from the villages of Kampong Setia Pahlawan, Kampong Peramu, Kampong Saba, Kampong Petagian, Kampong Kota Batu and Kampong Sungai Matan who had lost homes due to events of fire.[1] The construction of the houses began in 1993 and completed in the following year. It was inaugurated on 22 August 1994 by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.[1]
The second phase of the housing scheme involved the construction of another 250 homes.[2] It was built to accommodate another group of residents who had lost their homes to fires in 1993.[2] The second phase eventually becomes the administrative village Kampong Bolkiah 'B'.[2]
Administration
For subdivision purposes Kampong Bolkiah has been divided into, and established as, two administrative villages:
| Village | Population (2016)[3] |
Postcode[4] |
|---|---|---|
| Kampong Bolkiah 'A' | 1,000 | BK1125 |
| Kampong Bolkiah 'B' | 1,143 | BK1325 |
| Total | 2,143 | - |
Both villages are under Mukim Sungai Kebun, a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. They have also been subsumed under the municipal area of Bandar Seri Begawan.[5]
