Sungai Besar
Kampung Sungai Besar | |
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Kampong Sungai Besar | |
Coordinates: 4°56′30″N 115°01′08″E / 4.9416°N 115.0188°E | |
Country | Brunei |
District | Brunei-Muara |
Mukim | Kota Batu |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 2,039 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
Postcode | BD2517 |
Kampong Sungai Besar (Malay: Kampung Sungai Besar) or commonly known as Sungai Besar, is a village in the east of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, near the mouth of the Brunei River with the Brunei Bay. The population was 2,039 in 2016.[1]
The village is the location of an end of Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge, the bridge which connects mainland Brunei with the Temburong District exclave.[2][3]
Kampong Sungai Besar is one of the villages within Mukim Kota Batu, a mukim in the district. It is one of the villages along Jalan Kota Batu, a road which links Bandar Seri Begawan along the banks of the Brunei River to Jalan Muara which leads to Muara town.
Kampong Sungai Besar Mosque is the village mosque; it was inaugurated on 1 January 1984 by the then Minister of Education.[4] The mosque can accommodate 630 worshippers.[4]