Seria

Seria ڤكن سريا (Jawi)
Municipal area and town
Clockwise from top left: Seria Town, "I Love Seria" sign, Seria Energy Lab, Seria Oil Refinery
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°36′51″N 114°19′49″E / 4.614132°N 114.330246°E / 4.614132; 114.330246
Country	Brunei
District	Belait
Mukim	Seria
Government
• Body	Kuala Belait and Seria Municipal Board
• Penghulu	Jamail Linap[1]
Area [2]
• Municipal area	1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,625
Postcodes	KB1133, KB1233
Website	bandaran-kb.gov.bn

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]