Kuala Belait

For the mukim subdivision, see Mukim Kuala Belait.
Kuala Belait
Municipal area and town
Clockwise from top left: Kuala Belait at night, Belait Beach, Kampong Pandan Mosque, Belait River
Kuala Belait is located in Brunei
Kuala Belait
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°34′58″N 114°11′30″E / 4.582835°N 114.191783°E / 4.582835; 114.191783
CountryBrunei
DistrictBelait
MukimKuala Belait
Government
 • Village headSufrizal Hamdan[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
4,259
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
KA1131
Websitebandaran-kb.gov.bn

Kuala Belait (koo-WAH-la BUH-leit)[3] or officially the Kuala Belait Town (Malay: Pekan Kuala Belait; Jawi: ڤكن كوالا بلايت‎), and colloquially referred to as KB, is the administrative town of Belait District, Brunei.[4][5] The population of the town proper was 4,259 in 2016.[2] Kuala Belait is officially a municipal area (kawasan bandaran),[6] as well as a village under the mukim of the same name.[7] The town is located 85 kilometres (53 mi) west of the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan,[5] and 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Seria, the district's other town.[8] It is also in the westernmost part of country, near the mouth of the Belait River.[9]

  1. ^ 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. 20.
  2. ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 1986. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
  4. ^ Ooi 2013, pp. 1950.
  5. ^ a b Atiyah, Jeremy (2002). Southeast Asia. Rough Guides. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85828-893-2.
  6. ^ USA, IBP (2009-03-20). Brunei Ecology and Nature Protection Handbook. Lulu.com. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4387-0633-7.
  7. ^ "Belait District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 8. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  8. ^ Ledesma, Charles de; Lewis, Mark; Savage, Pauline (2003). Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Rough Guides. p. 600. ISBN 978-1-84353-094-7.
  9. ^ Brunei (1974). Annual Report. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 341.