
Mukims of Belait district
'Seria' is a
mukim in the
Belait district of
Brunei. It is about 169 square kilometres in size, and is bounded by the
South China Sea to the north,
Mukim Kuala Belait to the west, the
Belait River and
Mukim Kuala Balai to the south,
Mukim Labi to the south-east, and
Mukim Liang to the east. It has over 27,000 residents made up of various races, including
Malays and
Chinese. There is also a
Nepalese community in
Seria, made up of members of the
British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas. The British Army occupies two camps in Seria since the 1960s, known as the Medicina Lines and the Tuker Lines. As of March 2007, the ''Penghulu'' of ''Mukim'' Seria is
Awang Haji Jamail bin Haji Linap who was elected to the office on 12 March 2006.
Towns and Villages
There is only one town in Mukim Seria. This is the municipality of
Seria. The remainder of
Mukim Seria is made up of the following ''kampongs'':
In the Seria area:
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Kampong Baru
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Kampong Perakong
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Kampong Jabang
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Kampong Lorong Tiga Selatan
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Kampong Panaga
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Kampong Anduki
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Kampong Sungai Bera
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Kampong Perpindahan Baru
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Kampong Masjid
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Kampong Sekolah Mission
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Kampong Military Area
In the Badas area:
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Kampong Badas
Other Locations
Other locations within the mukim include:
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Anduki Airfield
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Jubilee Recreation Park in Anduki
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Badas Water Treatment Plant, which supplies raw water from the
Belait River to the towns and kampongs along the
Belait coast.
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Seria Oil Field, the oldest oil field in Brunei
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Seria Bypass
★ Part of the
Belait River, the longest river in Brunei
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British Garrison in Brunei