Kampong Penanjong | |
|---|---|
 Kampong Penanjong Mosque | |
  Location in Brunei | |
| Coordinates: 4°50′27″N 114°40′54″E / 4.8408°N 114.6816°E | |
| Country | Brunei |
| District | Tutong |
| Mukim | Pekan Tutong |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,065 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (BNT) |
| Postcode | TA2741 |
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.
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 2 "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. pp. 57–60. OCLC 866690368.
- ↑ "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Penanjong". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 1 October 2017.