Brunei Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Brunei with its capital Bandar Seri Begawan is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia). It covers some 5,771 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Delaware) with 381,000 citizens. Malay (generic) and English are the the official languages used in Brunei. Malaysia is a bordering country.

The Sultanate of Brunei is a small but rich country located in Southeast Asia. Brunei is officially an Islamic state, with many large beautiful mosques across the country. Sale of alcohol is banned. Bringing in meat, (other than seafood) which has not been certified halal, (slaughtered according to Islamic law), is also banned. During the fasting month of Ramadan, many shops and restaurants will be open. Brunei's climate is semi-tropical, and Bandar Seri Begawan's is sub-tropical. The temperature ranges from 14°C to 33°C - January being the hottest month. There are no typhoons, earthquakes, severe flooding and other forms of natural disasters to contend with, and the biggest environmental issues is the seasonal haze resulting from forest fires (that is caused by illegal clearing of land) in nearby Indonesia. Nationals of Israel are not allowed to enter Brunei, though other passports containing Israeli stamps and visas are not a problem for entry.

Pictures from Capital (Bandar Seri Begawan)

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About Brunei

The topography features flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east with hilly lowland in west. The average density of population is about 66 per km². The climate in Brunei can be described as tropical with hot, humid, rainy. Potential natural disasters are typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare.

To reach someone in Brunei dial +673 prior to a number. There are 80,500 installed telephones. And there are 425,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".bn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 4 regions/states in Brunei we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Bruneian population grew at a rate of 1.73% (or by 6,842 citizens). With 1,311 deaths and 7,110 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.47%. 1,043 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Brunei: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.