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Capital and municipal area in Brunei-Muara, Brunei
Resettlement of the Sultanate of Brunei administration centre
1909
Sanitary Board area
1921
Municipal area (present-day)
1935
Government
• Body
Bandar Seri Begawan Municipal Department
Area
• Total
100.36 km2 (38.75 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
(2007)[2]
100,700[needs update]
Demonyms
Seri Begawanese[citation needed] Orang Bandar
Time zone
UTC+8 (BNT)
Area code
+673 2
Website
www.bandaran-bsb.gov.bn/Theme/Home.aspx
Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB; Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان; Malay:[ˌbandarsəˌribəˈɡawan]ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area (kawasan bandaran) with an area of 100.36 square kilometres (38.75 sq mi) and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007.[2] It is part of Brunei-Muara District, the smallest yet most populous district which is home to over 70 per cent of the country's population.[3] It is the country's largest urban centre and nominally the country's only city. The capital is home to Brunei's seat of government, as well as a commercial and cultural centre. It was formerly known as Brunei Town until it was renamed in 1970 in honour of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei and the father of the current Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
The history of Bandar Seri Begawan can be traced back to the establishment of a Malay stilt settlement on the waters of the Brunei River which became the predecessor of Kampong Ayer today. It became the capital of the Bruneian Sultanate from the 16th century onwards, as well as in the 19th century when it became a British protectorate. The establishment of a British Residency in the 20th century saw the establishment of modern-day administration on land, as well as the gradual resettlement of the riverine dwellers to the land. During World War II, the capital was occupied by the Japanese forces from 1941 and bombed in 1945 upon liberation by Allied forces. Brunei's independence from the British was declared on 1 January 1984 on a square in the city centre.
Bandar Seri Begawan is home to Istana Nurul Iman, the largest residential palace in the world by the Guinness World Records,[4] and Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei's iconic landmark. It is also home to Kampong Ayer, the largest 'water village' in the world and nicknamed Venice of the East.[5] It was once the host city of the 20th Southeast Asian Games in 1999 and 8th APEC Summit in 2000.
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