Municipalities of Brunei explained

Municipalities in Brunei are settlements which have been incorporated by the government to run as municipalities. They are independent from the hierarchy of the country's subdivisions but nevertheless overlap with mukims and villages, the second- and third-level administrative divisions of Brunei. The governing body of a municipality is municipal department which is a government department under the Ministry of Home Affairs; the head is a chairman (officially) which is equivalent to mayor.^[1]

List

There are four settlements in Brunei which have municipal status, namely Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei; Kuala Belait, a town and capital of Belait District; Seria, a town also in Belait District; and Tutong, the town of Tutong District. Although Muara in Brunei-Muara District and Bangar, the capital of Temburong District, are officially known in Malay as and (literally 'Muara Town' and 'Bangar Town'), they do not have municipal status but instead administered as village-level subdivisions.

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Type of settlement	Governing body	Subdivisions under municipal jurisdiction^[2] ^[3]
Mukim		Village
Bandar Seri Begawan	city, capital of Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan Municipal Department	Berakas 'A'	Anggerek Desa Burong Pingai Berakas Jaya Bakti Jaya Setia Orang Kaya Besar Imas Pancha Delima Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu Pulaie Serusop
			Berakas 'B'	Madang Manggis Sungai Akar
			Burong Pingai Ayer	Burong Pingai Ayer Lurong Dalam Pandai Besi 'A' Pandai Besi 'B' Pekan Lama Pengiran Setia Negara Sungai Pandan 'A' Sungai Pandan 'B'
			Gadong 'B'	Beribi Kiarong Kiulap Mata-Mata Menglait Pengkalan Gadong
			Kianggeh	Berangan City Centre Diplomatic Enclave Kianggeh Kumbang Pasang Parit Pusar Ulak Tasek Lama Tumasek Tungkadeh
			Kota Batu	Belimbing Kota Batu Pelambayan Pintu Malim Sungai Lampai
			Peramu	Bakut Berumput Bakut Siraja Muda 'A' Bakut Siraja Muda 'B' Lurong Sikuna Pekilong Muara Peramu Setia Pahlawan
			Saba	Saba Darat 'A' Saba Darat 'B' Saba Laut Saba Tengah Saba Ujong
			Sungai Kebun	Bolkiah 'A' Bolkiah 'B' Setia 'A' Setia 'B' Sungai Kebun Sungai Siamas Ujong Kelinik
			Tamoi	Pengiran Bendahara Lama Pengiran Kerma Indera Lama Pengiran Tajuddin Hitam Tamoi Tengah Tamoi Ujong
Kuala Belait	town, capital of Belait District	Kuala Belait and Seria Municipal Department	Kuala Belait	Kuala Belait Pandan 'A' Pandan 'B' Pandan 'C' Mumong 'A' parts of Mumong 'B'
Seria	town		Seria	parts of Seria Area 1 parts of Seria Area 2
Tutong	town, capital of Tutong District	Tutong Municipal Department	Pekan Tutong	parts of Petani parts of Bukit Bendera

See also

• Administrative divisions of Brunei

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri, Negara Brunei Darussalam - Ketua-Ketua Jabatan. www.moha.gov.bn. ms. 2018-02-26.
2. Web site: Kawasan Baru Perbandaran Bandar Seri Begawan Mulai 1 Ogos 2007. bandaran-bsb.gov.bn. ms. 2018-02-26.
3. Web site: Bandaran Tutong, Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri - Sejarah Ringkas. www.bandaran-tutong.gov.bn. ms. 2018-02-26.