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Brunei Darussalam

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here External, to postal code pages here External and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here External.

Table of Contents

Brunei Darussalam - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

440 715 (2021) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

673

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

BRU

Internet country code

BN

GRC Country Code

BRU

Brunei Darussalam - Number format

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

Brunei Darussalam - Date and time formats

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   Note: This section last updated 1st April 2021
   dd/mm/yyyy
   14:32

Languages in Brunei Darussalam

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The official language is Malay External. English External is also used nationally. 14 other languages are spoken. The most widespread are: Brunei External (250 000 speakers); Mandarin Chinese External (15 000 speakers); Min Nan Chinese External (10 000 speakers); Iban External (15 000 speakers); Tutong 1 External (15 000 speakers) and Tutong 2 External (15 000 speakers).

Brunei Darussalam - Personal names and forms of address

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Normal forms of address are:

   Males            Awang
   Females          Dayang

Certain distinguished males used the form of address Awangku which becomes Pengiran (Pg.) upon marriage. This is a hereditary title. It is a grave faux pas to address these people as Awang. The wife of a person with the form of address Pengiran also takes the form of address Pengiran.

The titles Dato (male) / Datin (female) and Pehin (male) may be bestowed by the Sultan. People with both awards may be addressed Pehin Dato ….

Naming conventions follow the Muslim norms, and usually contain no family names. Brunei women retain their names upon marriage.

Brunei names may contain Arabic elements such as bin (“son of”) and binti (“daughter of”). Haji (male) and Hajah (female) may be added to names of those who have been on a pilgrimage to Mecca. This is written twice if one’s father has been to Mecca, and may be abbreviated to Hj in this way:

   Hj Morshidi bin Hj Mohamed Yussof

meaning Morshidi (who has been to Mecca), son of Mohamed (who has been to Mecca) Yussof. This person would then be addressed as:

   Awang Haji Moshidi 

For the Chinese community, names are formatted in the Chinese fashion – please refer to the chapter on China for further details.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names External, surnames/family names External, family name prefixes External, forms of address External, job titles External

Brunei Darussalam - Company legal forms

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Company types found may include:

   Branch of Foreign Company
   International Business Company
   International Limited Partnership
   International Trust
   Partnership
   Private Company (Sendirian Berhad)
   Public Company (Berhad)
   Sole proprietorship
   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm External

Brunei Darussalam - Example address format

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The address follows this format:

   Contact person
   Street address
   VILLAGE
   POST OFFICE NAME[ ]POSTAL CODE

for example:

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The address may also include building and sub-building information as in this example:

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There are 8 postal districts. These are:

   Bandar Seri Begawan
   Bangar
   Belait
   Brunei-Muara
   Kuala Belait
   Muara
   Seria
   Tutong
   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Brunei Darussalam - Thoroughfare types

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The following words may be found in Brunei addresses (in Malay):

Word Translation
Jalan Road/Street
Kampong Village
Kawasan District
Lambak Shanty town
Lapangan Field
Lorong Lane
Pusat Centre
Simpang (Spg.) Junction
Sungai River
   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm External

Brunei Darussalam - Postal codes

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Brunei has altered its postal code (known locally as Postcode) pattern in 1999 to include two letters before a block of 4 digits in this pattern:

   AA9999

The first letter indicates the province (daerah), the second the county (mukim). The first two digits of the number indicate the district or village (kampong/kawasan), and the final two digits indicate the post office/route (pejabat penerahan). The system includes separate codes for large-users.

The relationship between the code BS (for Bandar Seri Begawan) and those codes of the mukims it occupies is unclear.

The first letters can be BA to BU (excluding BI, BO and BQ); KA to KH, PA to PE or TA to TH.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired External

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code format graphic

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Brunei Darussalam - Postal code format

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code specifics

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code regular expression

\A((B)[A-H|J-N|P|R-U]\d{4,4}|(K)[A-H]\d{4,4}|(P)[A-E]\d{4,4}|(T)[A-H]\d{4,4})\Z

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code level of coverage

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Brunei Darussalam - Postal code map

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Brunei Darussalam - Administrative districts

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   Note: This section last updated 17th December 2019

Brunei Darussalam has 4 districts External (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah):

    Belait External (postal codes commence K)
    Brunei-Muara External (postal codes commence B)
    Temburong External (postal codes commence P)
    Tutong External (postal codes commence T)

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in Brunei Darussalam

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   Note: This section last updated 24th August 2014

Bruneian telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 227-228, 7 or 8.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm External 

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/brunei/admin/ External 20230114

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