Muara
Pekan Muara | |
|---|---|
Town and village | |
| Muara Town | |
  .jpg) .jpg) Clockwise from top-left: Old commercial area, Muara Port, fishermen off Muara and Muara Beach | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 5°01′36″N 115°04′09″E / 5.0268°N 115.0693°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Brunei-Muara |
| Mukim | Serasa |
| Government | |
| • Village head | Shahminan Abdul Rahman[1] |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,102 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | BT1128 |
Muara (moo-WAH-rah)[3] or officially known as Muara Town (Malay: Pekan Muara), is a port town in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, about 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population of the town proper was 2,102 in 2016.[2] It is home to Muara Port, the country's primary deep water port.[4]
- ^ 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. 17.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 2542. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
- ^ "Brunei-Muara District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 17. Retrieved 28 February 2018.