Kampung Ayer is a prominent traditional settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It comprises neighbourhoods of traditional houses, schools and mosques built on stilts above the Brunei River near the capital's city centre.[2][3] It has an area of about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi);[1] the total population was 10,250 in 2016.[a] It has been historically nicknamed 'Venice of the East'.[4][3] Kampung Ayer has been historically the principal settlement of Brunei; it was the de facto capital, in particular social and economic centre, of the Bruneian Empire for a few centuries, but also extending into the early period during British imperialism in Brunei.
^ ab"Mukim Tamoi Sejarah Kampung" (PDF) (in Malay). Jabatan Penerangan. p. 3. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^"Kampong Ayer (Water Village)". Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ abRoad Map and Street Index of Brunei Darussalam. p. 34. ISBN 9991790101.
^Welcome to Brunei Darussalam : the complete traveller's guide ([1st ed.] ed.). [Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam]: Brunei Press. 2000. p. 23. ISBN 9991732055. OCLC 48517132.
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the areas designated by the government of Brunei for the relocation of KampongAyer residents to resettle on land, under the National Resettlement Scheme...
island. It takes approximately 15 minutes to travel to it by boat from KampongAyer. A light buoy was constructed near the rock outcropping to warn mariners...
postcode is BB2713. Originally Kampong Jaya Setia was a government housing relocation plan for residents from KampongAyer to land. Residents who moved...
resettlement of KampongAyer residents to land. The first several families who resettled in Bunut Perpindahan were originally the inhabitants of Kampong Pengiran...
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Bolkiah. As part of the celebration, the couple were paraded around KampongAyer and the banks of the Brunei River, with the British High Commissioner...
was a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It was located within KampongAyer, the historical stilt settlements on the Brunei River in the capital...
population varies from a few hundreds to units of thousands. KampongAyer is not considered a kampong administrative division. It is simply a common term in...
the Sultan of Perak. Traditional Bruneian Malay houses on stilts in KampongAyer, the traditional riverine settlement in Brunei. Wikimedia Commons has...
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