Seria
ڤكن سريا (Jawi) | |
---|---|
Municipal area and town | |
Clockwise from top left: Seria Town, "I Love Seria" sign, Seria Energy Lab, Seria Oil Refinery | |
Coordinates: 4°36′51″N 114°19′49″E / 4.614132°N 114.330246°E | |
Country | Brunei |
District | Belait |
Mukim | Seria |
Government | |
• Body | Kuala Belait and Seria Municipal Board |
• Village head | Jamail Linap[1] |
Area | |
• Municipal area | 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 3,625 |
Postcodes | KB1133, KB1233 |
Website | bandaran-kb |
Seria (Malay: Pekan Seria; Jawi: ڤكن سريا ; Malay pronunciation: [sǝria] ) is a town in Belait District, Brunei, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) west from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan.[3] The total population was 3,625 in 2016. It was where oil was first struck in Brunei in 1929 and has since become a centre for the country's oil and gas industry. The town's bazaar, officially opened on 19 September 1954, has few retail establishments, fresh food markets, supermarkets, banking services, tourist information centers, and a range of restaurants, including Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian and Italian ones as well as outdoor dining in somewhat rustic settings. For processing documentation related to owning a car and hiring domestic helpers (amahs), government offices are located in Kuala Belait.[4]
municipal area
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search