Kampong Bolkiah

Bolkiah Kampung Bolkiah
Village and housing estate
Kampong Bolkiah
Kampong Bolkiah 'B'
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°51′25″N 114°57′25″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]

History

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]

Infrastructures

Kampong Bolkiah Religious School[d] is the village's sekolah ugama i.e. school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. It was established in 1999.[2] The school complex occupies seven of the houses, out of which six for classrooms and one for administration office.[2] Prior to its establishment, the local students go to the religious schools in the neighbouring villages.[e]

The village has a health clinic which has been in operation since 2003.[6]

There is a mini local library inside the branch office of the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation located in the village.[6]

A community centre for the local youths was established in 2021; it occupies a former house which has been donated for the purpose.[7]

Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque is the village mosque.

Notes

1. See Administration section.
2. From the Malay name, lit. "Bolkiah Village"
3. Malay: Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
4. Malay: Sekolah Ugama Kampung Bolkiah
5. The schools were Begawan Pehin Udana Khatib Haji Awang Umar Religious School in Kampong Setia, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Religious School in Kampong Saba, Al-Muhtadee Billah Religious School in Kampong Lurong Dalam, and Pintu Malim Religious School in Kampong Pintu Malim.[2]

References

1. Pg. Hajah Fatimah Pg. Haji Md Noor; Nurul Syakirah Zaini (13 December 2014). "Kampung Bolkiah jadi ristaan" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 59 #153. Jabatan Penerangan. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
2. Norliah Md. Zain (19 December 2015). "Kemakmuran Kampung Bolkiah 'B'" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 60 #151. Jabatan Penerangan. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
3. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
4. "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
5. Za'im Zaini; Sonia K (23 July 2007). "Brunei capital to become nearly ten times bigger". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021 – via bn.china-embassy.org.
6. "Working Visit". Brudirect.com. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
7. Hakim Hayat (6 March 2021). "New community centre set to focus on youth". Borneo Bulletin Online. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.