Kuala Belait | |
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Municipal area and town | |
Clockwise from top left: Kuala Belait at night, Belait Beach, Kampong Pandan Mosque, Belait River | |
Coordinates: 4°34′58″N 114°11′30″E / 4.582835°N 114.191783°E | |
Country | Brunei |
District | Belait |
Mukim | Kuala Belait |
Government | |
• Village head | Sufrizal Hamdan[1] |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 4,259 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
Postcode | KA1131 |
Website | bandaran-kb |
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]