Kuala Belait

Kuala Belait
Kuala Belait
Municipal area and town
	Clockwise from top left: Kuala Belait at night, Belait Beach, Belait River, Marine Construction Yard
	Location in Brunei
	Coordinates: 4°34′58″N 114°11′30″E / 4.582835°N 114.191783°E
Country	Brunei
District	Belait
Mukim	Kuala Belait
Government
• Village head	Sufrizal Hamdan
Population (2016)
• Total	4,259
Time zone	UTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode	KA1131
Website	bandaran-kb.gov.bn

Kuala Belait (Malay: Pekan Kuala Belait; Jawi: کوالا بلايت‎; abbrev: KB) is the administrative town of Belait District, Brunei.^[3]^[4] The population of the town proper was 4,259 in 2016.^[2] Kuala Belait is officially a municipal area (kawasan bandaran),^[5] as well as a village under the mukim of the same name.^[6] The town is located 85 kilometres (53 mi) west of the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan,^[4] and 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Seria, the district's other town.^[7] It is also in the westernmost part of country, near the mouth of the Belait River.^[8]

^ "Direktori Penghulu, Ketua Kampung, dan Ketua Rumah Panjang - Awang Mohammad Sufrizal Bin Haji Hamdan". www.belait.gov.bn. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ Gin, Ooi Keat (2013-05-29). Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building. Routledge. p. 1950. ISBN 978-1-134-05810-5.
^ ^a ^b Atiyah, Jeremy (2002). Southeast Asia. Rough Guides. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85828-893-2.
^ USA, IBP (2009-03-20). Brunei Ecology and Nature Protection Handbook. Lulu.com. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4387-0633-7.
^ "Belait District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 8. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
^ Ledesma, Charles de; Lewis, Mark; Savage, Pauline (2003). Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Rough Guides. p. 600. ISBN 978-1-84353-094-7.
^ Brunei (1974). Annual Report. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 341.

[1] "Direktori Penghulu, Ketua Kampung, dan Ketua Rumah Panjang - Awang Mohammad Sufrizal Bin Haji Hamdan". www.belait.gov.bn. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

[population_2016-2] "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[3] Gin, Ooi Keat (2013-05-29). Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building. Routledge. p. 1950. ISBN 978-1-134-05810-5.

[:1-4] Atiyah, Jeremy (2002). Southeast Asia. Rough Guides. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85828-893-2.

[5] USA, IBP (2009-03-20). Brunei Ecology and Nature Protection Handbook. Lulu.com. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4387-0633-7.

[:0-6] "Belait District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 8. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

[7] Ledesma, Charles de; Lewis, Mark; Savage, Pauline (2003). Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Rough Guides. p. 600. ISBN 978-1-84353-094-7.

[8] Brunei (1974). Annual Report. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 341.

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