Kampong Salambigar

Kampong Salambigar is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 1,884 in 2016.^[2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'B'. The postcode is BC1515.^[3][4]

Kampong Salambigar
Village
Salambigar Religious School
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°58′54″N 114°59′23″E
Country	Brunei
District	Brunei-Muara
Mukim	Berakas 'B'
Government
• Village head	Abd Rahman Safar[1]
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,884
Time zone	UTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode	BC1515

Infrastructure

Salambigar Religious School is the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

The village mosque is Kampong Salambigar Mosque; it was built in 1995 and can accommodate 1,000 worshippers.^[5]

The village is also home to the Embassy of Timor Leste and Consulate of Burkina Faso.^[6]

Notable people

• Umar Apong (1940–2023), police commissioner and nobleman^[7]

See also

• Kampong Sungai Orok

References

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. 8.
2. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
3. "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
4. "Kampong Salambigar, Berakas 'B', Brunei Muara: BC1515". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
5. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Salambigar". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
6. "Embassy". Information Department, Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
7. "His Majesty pays respect to state dignitary". Borneo Bulletin. 13 May 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 13 July 2023.