Kampong Penanjong

Kampong Penanjong is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 2,065 in 2016.[1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Pekan Tutong, a mukim in the district.

Kampong Penanjong
Village
Kampong Penanjong Mosque
Kampong Penanjong Mosque
Kampong Penanjong is located in Brunei
Kampong Penanjong
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°50′27″N 114°40′54″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTutong
MukimPekan Tutong
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total2,065
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
TA2741

Facilities

Penanjong Primary School is the village primary school; it was established in 1936.[2] There is also Penanjong Religious School which is the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education.

The current village mosque is Kampong Penanjong Mosque; it was inaugurated on 6 April 1984 and can accommodate 500 worshippers.[3] It replaced the former village mosque, Cahaya Derma Bakti Mosque, to accommodate the growing number of worshippers.[2] The former mosque had been inaugurated by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on 25 August 1961.[2]

Pantai Persiaran Pengkalan Pinang Penanjong is a recreational area on Penanjong Beach, the beach along the village's coast with the South China Sea.

References
  1. "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. pp. 57–60. OCLC 866690368.
  3. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Penanjong". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 1 October 2017.


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